Patent ID: 8827891

Claim:
A system for performing a single-port laparoscopic or natural orifice surgery that can be at least partially delivered into a body cavity to manipulate tissue intracorporeally while being controlled extracorporeally, the system being capable of being passed through an interior diameter of a port into the body cavity, the system comprising: a) an anchor or suspension means, wherein the anchor or suspension means is attached or mounted adjacent to the tissue intracorporeally; b) a guide means attached to the anchor or suspension means, wherein the guide means allows for dynamic manipulation of at least one structure in at least one direction; and c) the at least one structure attached to a suture that is passable through the interior diameter of the port and positionable by the guide means; wherein the anchor or suspension means and the guide means provide leverage for moving the at least one structure intracorporeally; wherein the guide means defines at least one of a loop, a notch, a grid or a hook through which the suture passes; wherein the suture defines three segments including (i) a first segment extending from an extracorporeal position of the port, through the interior diameter of the port and to an intracorporeal position of the port inside the body cavity, (ii) a second segment extending from the intracorporeal position of the port to the anchor or suspension means, and (iii) a third segment extending from the anchor or suspension means to the tissue, wherein the second segment defines a lateral spacing between the intracorporeal position of the port and the anchor or suspension means; and wherein the at least one structure is controllable relative to the tissue extracorporeally by dynamically manipulating the suture extending from the interior diameter of the port extracorporeally, whereby the at least one structure moves in the at least one direction intracorporeally.