Device and method for suturing

A suturing device for suturing together two tissue sections, comprising:

• one or more suturing threads;
• a holder;
• a plurality of consecutive anchoring units disposed within the holder for deployment in a tissue section, the anchoring units being slidably disposed along the one or more suturing threads, each of the anchoring units comprising a tissue-anchoring element located at one end and a thread-coupling element located at an opposite end and slidably coupled to the one or more suturing threads, the tissue-anchoring element and the thread-coupling element in each anchoring unit being connected together, each of the tissue-anchoring elements being configured to be inserted and secured within the tissue by the tissue-anchoring element passing entirely through the tissue and being deployed outside one side of the tissue while the thread-coupling element is located outside an opposite side of the tissue;
• and
• an actuation arrangement configured for deploying each anchoring unit such that the tissue-anchoring element is fixed into the tissue, and for manipulating the thread to bring each deployed unit into proximity of each other,
• wherein the one or more suturing threads are slidably coupled to the thread-coupling elements and extend between the thread-coupling elements of consecutive anchoring units, such that manipulating the one or more suturing threads brings a deployed unit into proximity with a previous deployed unit anchored in an opposite section of the tissue, and
• wherein each of the thread-coupling elements is configured to permit sliding of the one or more suturing threads there through, and configured with a locking arrangement for locking each of the thread-coupling elements to the one or more suturing threads and maintaining a portion of the one or more suturing threads in a tensioned state, once brought together by the sliding into the proximity with each other.