Surgical suture tensioning and labeling

A method of managing suture deployment onto target organ tissue, the method comprising:

• providing a tension guide device including:
• a tubular housing including a transparent sidewall portion;
• an elongate rod disposed partially within the tubular housing, the elongate rod terminating at a proximal end with a stopper disc tension marker slidingly disposed within the tubular housing, and terminating at a distal end with a suture-engagement hook associated with a distal portion of the elongate rod that passes through an aperture in a distal endcap of the housing, such that the suture-engagement hook is disposed distally external to the housing;
• a spring disposed about the elongate rod, the spring abutting the stopper disc tension marker at a first end and abutting the distal endcap at a second end;
• and
• a plurality of visual marker bands wrapping around a cylindrical body of the tubular housing, each of the plurality of visual marker bands identifying a respective tension range, a position of the stopper disc tension marker relative to one or more of the plurality of visual marker bands providing a visual tension indication through the transparent sidewall portion of the tubular housing;
• coupling a first portion of a first suture to the suture-engagement hook of the tension guide device outside of the housing of the tension guide device, the first portion of the first suture extending externally from a target organ, the first suture having a second portion deployed onto the target organ tissue within the target organ;
• manually moving the housing of the tension guide device to cause compression of the spring of the tension guide device to increase a tension of the first suture by distally advancing the stopper disc tension marker toward the distal endcap of the housing;
• and
• determining whether the tension is within a target range using the tension guide device.