Device and method for suturing

A device for suturing together two tissue sections, comprising:

• a holder holding a plurality of consecutive anchoring units for deployment in a tissue, the units being linked to one another by one or more suturing threads, each comprising a tissue-anchoring element and a thread-coupling element coupled to the thread, the two elements in each unit being linked to one another;
• each anchoring element being configured for penetration through the tissue and for deployment after tissue penetration in a manner so as to arrest said anchoring element from retracting back through the tissue;
• the one or more threads being slidably coupled to the thread-coupling element and extending between thread-coupling elements of consecutive anchoring units, such that manipulating the thread brings a deployed unit into proximity with a previous deployed unit;
• the thread-coupling elements being configured for locking to the suturing thread once brought into said proximity;
• and comprising
• an actuation arrangement configured for
• deploying an anchoring unit such that the anchoring element is fixed into the tissue, and for
• manipulating the thread to bring a deployed unit into said proximity.

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

• an arrangement of a plurality of consecutive anchoring units for deployment in a tissue, the units being linked to one another by one or more suturing threads, each comprising a tissue-anchoring element and a thread-coupling element coupled to the thread, the two elements in each unit being linked to one another;
• each anchoring element being configured for penetration through the tissue and for deployment after tissue penetration in a manner so as to arrest said anchoring element from retracting back through the tissue;
• the one or more threads being slidably coupled to the thread-coupling element and extending between thread-coupling elements of consecutive anchoring units, such that manipulating the thread brings a deployed unit into proximity with a previous deployed unit;
• the thread-coupling elements being configured for locking to the suturing thread once brought into said proximity;
• and comprising
• an actuation arrangement configured for
• deploying an anchoring unit such that the anchoring element is fixed into the tissue, and for
• manipulating the thread to bring a deployed unit into said proximity.