Patent ID: 8142356

Claim:
A method for moving tissue, the method comprising the steps of: delivering to a surgical site a tissue moving device having a first portion of porous material, a second portion of porous material, and an actuator mechanism that is cyclically movable between a locked position in which the actuator mechanism is engaged to the first and second portions of porous material such that movement of the actuator causes movement of the first and second portions of porous material, and an unlocked position in which the actuator mechanism is disengaged from the first and second portions of porous material and the actuator mechanism is free to move without causing movement of the first and second portions of porous material; contacting a first tissue site with the first portion; contacting a second tissue site with the second portion; moving the actuator mechanism in the locked position to cause the first and second portions of porous material to move along predetermined first and second paths to provide relative movement of the first and second tissue sites.