Patent ID: 11896216
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ using a suture thread attached to a needle, the method comprising:
passing the needle from a first peripheral tissue to a second peripheral tissue in this order, wherein the first peripheral tissue and the second peripheral tissue face each other across the wound, and arranging the suture so as to intersect the wound;
grasping a first site in the suture between a proximal end of the needle and the second peripheral tissue, and moving the first site away from the second peripheral tissue; and
releasing retention of the first site, grasping a second site in the suture between the first site and the second peripheral tissue, and moving the second site away from the second peripheral tissue, wherein, in moving the first site away from the second peripheral tissue, the first site is moved along a longitudinal axis of a grasper that grasps the first site.