Patent ID: 7699857
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for suturing comprising the steps of: providing an elongate needle having a distal end and a proximal end and a lumen extending from said proximal end to said distal end having sufficient size for passage of a predetermined size suture, said distal end having a tip configured for passage with a suture through a tissue; providing a syringe detachably connected to said needle proximal end; selecting and introducing a length of suture into at least said needle from outside of said syringe and said needle; wherein said step of selecting and introducing a length of suture into at least said needle comprises inserting an end of said suture into said distal end of said needle; submerging said distal end of said needle with said suture in a quantity of liquid; and drawing said length of suture and a quantity of liquid into said needle with said syringe; drawing a quantity of liquid through said distal end of said needle so as to further draw said length of suture towards said syringe; passing said distal end of said needle with said suture through a tissue to be sutured; and expelling said length of suture from said distal end of said needle by hydraulic force from a quantity of said liquid in said syringe.