Patent ID: 8403947

Claim:
A method of suturing comprising: a) advancing a portion of a needle having a continuous suture through a first location on a first side of a tissue said continuous suture has a first end and a second end, b) withdrawing said portion of a said needle from said tissue while capturing a first suture loop on a second side of said tissue wherein said first suture loop remains captured on the second side of said tissue after said needle is withdrawn, c) after said needle in b) is withdrawn, advancing said portion of said needle having a continuous suture through a second location on said first side of said tissue, d) withdrawing said needle from said second location of said tissue while capturing a second suture loop on said second side of said tissue wherein said second suture loop remains captured on the second side of said tissue after said needle is withdrawn, e) optionally repeating steps a and b thru additional locations on the tissue, and f) after all desired suture loops created in any of steps b-e have been captured advancing said needle all the way through said tissue and passing the second end of the continuous suture through all captured suture loops on the second side of said tissue wherein one said continuous suture forms the captured suture loops and engages the captured suture loops.