Patent ID: 6488691
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A laparascopic incision closure device comprising:a housing; a needle having a longitudinal axis, a proximal and distal end, and an axially extending longitudinal bore therethrough where said needle has a radial distal opening in said distal end and a radial proximal opening in said proximal end and where said longitudinal bore communicates only with said radial distal opening and said radial proximal opening forming a continuously bounded passageway, and where said needle is attached to said housing at said proximal end; a plurality of T-bar sutures where each said T-bar suture comprises a T-bar portion and a suture portion integrally connected, and where said suture portion is so adapted and disposed in said housing and said longitudinal bore so as to permit axial passage of said T-bar portion and said suture portion through said longitudinal bore, and where said plurality of T-bar sutures are stored in said housing and said longitudinal bore; ejection means for sequentially ejecting said T-bar portion and said suture portion through said radial distal opening and through tissue adjacent to an incision; whereby a Laparascopic incision can be quickly and efficiently closed by sequential placement of a T-bar suture on opposite sides of said incision and then tying said respective suture portions to close the wound.