Devices and methods for positioning sutures
AssigneeA&P Feigl Family Limited Partnership
InventorAlexander J. Feigl
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Abstract
A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
Claims21
A needle placement method comprising:
- using a medical device to position a first needle to which a first length of suture is attached, the first needle being positioned at least partially within a first needle guide channel of the medical device;
- and
- advancing the first needle completely out of the first needle guide channel and the medical device by pulling the first length of suture, wherein the pulling includes moving the first length of suture in a first direction having a positive longitudinal component, and the advancing includes the first needle moving in a second direction having a negative longitudinal component.
A needle placement method comprising:
- using a medical device to position a first needle to which a first length of suture is attached, the first needle being positioned at least partially within a first needle guide channel of the medical device, the first needle having a length and being curved along at least a portion of the length when the first needle is in an unconstrained position;
- and
- advancing the first needle by pulling the first length of suture, wherein the pulling includes moving the first length of suture in a first direction having a positive longitudinal component, and the advancing includes the first needle moving in a second direction having a negative longitudinal component.
A needle placement method comprising:
- using a medical device to position a first needle to which a first length of suture is attached, the first needle being positioned at least partially within a first needle guide channel of the medical device, the first length of suture not being attached to another needle;
- and
- advancing the first needle by pulling the first length of suture, wherein the pulling includes moving the first length of suture in a first direction having a positive longitudinal component, and the advancing includes the first needle moving in a second direction having a negative longitudinal component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.