Patent ID: 9055940
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for closure of a fascial opening comprising: positioning a suture below a fascial opening; accessing, through fascial tissue on opposing sides of the fascial opening via first and second incisions in the body of a patient, one end of the suture with a first device for grasping the suture, and an opposing end of the suture with a second device for grasping the suture, respectively; pulling the opposing end of the suture through the fascial tissue on a second of the opposing sides of the fascial opening with the second device and through the second incision; directing a separate trapping mechanism into the body through the second incision, and advancing the trapping mechanism across the fascial opening and towards the first device; pulling the one end of the suture with the first device through the fascial tissue on a first of the opposing sides of the fascial opening and through a distal portion of the trapping mechanism; retracting the trapping mechanism through the second incision and outside of the body of the patient for subsequent tying of the suture.