Suture device

A method for repairing a hernia comprising the steps of:

• providing a suture device;
• providing a mesh;
• laparoscopically delivering the mesh to the site of the hernia;
• delivering the suture device to the site of the hernia;
• and
• laparoscopically suturing the mesh with a plurality of individual sutures to an internal body wall at the site of the hernia,
• wherein each of the sutures comprises a closed loop which extends through the mesh, into the body wall and out of the body wall, and the individual sutures are not tensioned such that a force applied to the internal body wall is minimized while ensuring that the mesh is retained at the site of the hernia, and
• wherein the suture device comprises:
• a shaft including a suture feed channel and a suture return channel;
• a needle at a distal end of the shaft that creates a curved pathway for delivery of the sutures through a portion of the internal body wall;
• a rotary device for twisting the sutures to form the closed loops, the rotary device having a suture receiving hole and a suture return hole, the rotary device being rotatable from a receiving configuration in which the suture receiving hole and the suture return hole are in alignment with the suture feed channel and the suture return channel, respectively, to a twisted configuration in which the suture receiving hole and the suture return hole are in alignment with the suture return channel and the suture feed channel, respectively;
• and
• a closure device for closing the suture to form the closed loop.