Patent ID: 8353847

Claim:
A method for endoluminally or laparoscopically excising a tissue sample from areas in a patient's body, the method comprising the steps of: providing traction means ( 14 ) having a distal portion ( 14 a ) suitable for being fixed to at least one portion ( 12 ) of the tissue to be excised and a proximal portion, introducing said distal portion ( 14 a ) of said traction means ( 14 ) into the patient's body and positioning said distal portion ( 14 a ) of said traction means ( 14 ) close to the tissue to be excised ( 12 ), by which at least one portion of said traction means ( 14 ) that extends from said distal portion ( 14 a ) is positioned in the patient's body, fixing said distal portion ( 14 a ) of said traction means ( 14 ) to at least one portion of tissue to be excised ( 12 ), providing a surgical stapling device ( 16 ) having a distal end ( 16 a ) with a window ( 18 ) for receiving the tissue to be excised ( 12 ) and comprising cutting and stapling means that act through said window ( 18 ), introducing said surgical stapling device ( 16 ) into the patient's body and positioning said distal end ( 16 a ) of the surgical stapling device close to the tissue to be excised ( 12 ), exerting a traction on said traction means ( 14 ) by which an amount of tissue is pulled through said window ( 18 ), cutting and stapling said tissue by actuating said cutting and stapling means of said surgical stapling device ( 16 ) through said window ( 18 ), wherein the step of providing the traction means comprises: forming a ring ( 24 ) at a distal end ( 22 a ) of a suture ( 22 ), said ring ( 24 ) defining an eyelet, and connecting a clip ( 20 ) to said ring ( 24 ), wherein said suture ( 22 ), ring ( 24 ) and clip ( 20 ) form said fraction means, wherein the step of introducing said distal portion ( 14 a ) of said traction means ( 14 ) into the patient's body comprises: positioning the ring ( 24 ) of the suture ( 22 ) between jaws of a grasping means ( 28 ) with one jaw of said jaws hooking into said eyelet, introducing the grasping means ( 28 ) hooked into the eyelet of the ring ( 24 ) into the patient's body, wherein the step of fixing said distal portion ( 14 a ) of said traction means ( 14 ) to the portion of tissue to be excised comprises grasping the tissue by means of said grasping means ( 28 ) and then fixing said clip to the tissue by means of said grasping means ( 28 ).