Patent ID: 8460320

Claim:
A suturing method for anastomosis of live bodies and training bodies wherein a duct having perimeter positions defined according to clock hour positions is joined to an opening in a bladder using an articulating laparoscopic device having a gripper at a distal end with open and closed positions for loading a suture needle in either a forehand or backhand direction, wherein the gripper has a yaw motion including left and right positions and a roll motion either clockwise or counterclockwise, wherein the open and closed positions, yaw motion, and roll motion are under manual control of a user through manual controls at a proximal end of the articulating laparoscopic device, wherein the perimeter positions include a 12-o'clock position proximal to the user, a 6-o'clock position distal of the user, and 3-o'clock and 9-o'clock positions between the 12-o'clock and 6-o'clock positions, the method comprising the steps of: driving a suture at about the 6-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded forehand, the yaw is in a left position, and the roll is clockwise; driving a suture at a location from about a 7-o'clock position to about an 8-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded backhand, the yaw is in a right position, and the roll is counterclockwise; driving a suture at about the 9-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded backhand, the yaw is in a right position, and the roll is counterclockwise; driving a suture at a location from about a 4-o'clock position to about a 5-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded forehand, the yaw is in a left position, and the roll is clockwise; driving a suture at about the 3-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded forehand, the yaw is in a right position, and the roll is clockwise; driving a suture at a location from about a 10-o'clock position to about an 11-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded backhand, the yaw is in a left position, and the roll is counterclockwise; driving a suture at a location from about a 1-o'clock position to about a 2-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded forehand, the yaw is in a right position, and the roll is clockwise; and driving a suture at about the 12-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded backhand, the yaw is in a left position, and the roll is counterclockwise.