Patent ID: 8403837
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of retracting a target body organ away from an operative site comprising: providing a deployable jaws retraction device having a jaw assembly including a first flexible jaw and a second flexible jaw secured together at respective first and second proximal ends at a junction; and a retainer engageable with the first flexible jaw and the second flexible jaw to maintain the first and second flexible jaws in a closed condition about the target body organ; positioning the deployable jaws retraction device, in a closed constrained condition, within an applicator instrument and inserting the applicator instrument into the body of a patient such that the deployable jaws retraction device is positioned adjacent the target body organ; advancing the deployable jaws retraction device out of the applicator instrument while maintaining the retainer within the applicator instrument such that the deployable jaws retraction device expands from the closed constrained condition to an open condition; positioning the first flexible jaw and the second flexible jaw of the deployable jaws retraction device about the target body organ; and moving the first flexible jaw and the second flexible jaw to the closed constrained condition about the target organ by advancing the retainer over the first flexible jaw and the second flexible jaw; piercing an abdominal wall with a tissue penetrating tip attached to a length of suture material and drawing the suture material through the abdominal wall such that the body organ is drawn toward the abdominal wall.