Patent ID: 8540744
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical method, comprising: advancing a delivery device through an orifice into a body in a minimally invasive surgical procedure; advancing an elongate surgical instrument through a working channel of the delivery device toward a tissue wall, the elongate surgical instrument including an elongate end effector extending along a longitudinal axis of the elongate surgical instrument and having a fabric material extending over substantially an entire length thereof; contacting the tissue wall with the fabric material; and rotating the fabric material about the longitudinal axis of the elongate surgical instrument to cause at least a portion of a distal portion of the elongate surgical instrument to at least partially penetrate the tissue wall and create a full thickness opening through the tissue wall; wherein the full thickness opening is not present in the tissue wall prior to rotating the fabric material to create the full thickness opening.