Patent ID: 7615062
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of suturing a tissue, comprising: positioning a suture guide against a tissue to be sutured, the suture guide comprising: advancing a first needle, with a first suture connected thereto, through a needle guide path in the post and then the tissue, so that ends of the first suture emerge from the first side and a second side of the tissue; advancing a second needle, with a second suture connected thereto, through a needle guide path in the post and then the tissue, forming a needle track, so that ends of the second suture emerge from the first side and the second side of the tissue; detaching the sutures from their respective needles; attaching the first suture to the end of the second suture that is on the second side of the tissue; and retracting the second suture through the needle track, thereby pulling the first suture through the needle track and disposing its end on the first side of the tissue.