Patent ID: 7544199
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of placing a suture stitch in tissue comprising: providing a suturing device having a longitudinal axis and opposing first and second jaw members which are disposed at a distal end of said suturing device, a pair of needles disposed at said suturing device distal end which are axially movable along the longitudinal axis of said suturing device and which are unconnected to suturing material and a recess for receiving a portion of tissue to be sutured; capturing a portion of tissue, having a longitudinal axis, within said recess; and axially moving along the longitudinal axis of said suturing device said pair of needles to pull a loop of suturing material through said tissue at an acute angle relative to said longitudinal axis of said tissue portion wherein said capturing step comprises moving one of said first jaw member and said second jaw member axially across an opening of said recess and towards the opposing jaw member to hold and clamp tissue between two clamping faces and wherein said pair of needles is independently movable from said jaw members such that said tissue is clamped in said capturing step without simultaneously being penetrated by said pair of needles.