William B. Weisenburgh, II,Jerome R. Morgan,Christopher J. Hess,Carl J. Shurtleff,Frederick E. Shelton, IV
申请号：
US12479030
公开号：
US08465422B2
申请日:
2009.06.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Methods and devices are provided to allow the same component used to access a surgical site to assist in closing the surgical opening in which it was disposed. In one exemplary embodiment a flexible retractor is provided that includes proximal and distal ends and a lumen extending therethrough. A wound closure component is associated with the flexible retractor and is configured to engage tissue adjacent to a surgical incision in which the retractor is disposed and move tissue from one side of the surgical incision toward a second side of the surgical incision to assist in closing the surgical incision. In one embodiment the wound closure component includes strands of suture having hooks disposed on a distal end. In another embodiment the wound closure component includes a ring having hooks disposed around a circumference of the ring. Exemplary methods for closing a surgical opening are also provided.
