Suturing device
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1. A surgical device for suturing together bodily tissue, which allows limited movement of the bodily tissue sutured thereby, said surgical device comprising:
- (a) a wire suture having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end comprises a needle;
(b) a longitudinally-oriented biasing means for cinching said wire suture tightly around the bodily tissue immediately surrounded by said surgical device, said biasing means having a first end and a second end, wherein said biasing means first end is operatively connected to said wire suture second end; and
(c) a suture receiving means for passing said wire suture first end therethrough, said suture receiving means being operatively connected to said biasing means second end, and said suture receiving means and said biasing means being arranged such that pressure is exerted on said biasing means when said wire suture is cinched tightly around the tissue immediately adjacent to said surgical device.
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Abstract
A surgical suturing device for cardio-thoracic surgery and the like has a wire suture and a biasing mechanism operatively connected to one end of the suture. The biasing mechanism has suture receiving structure operatively associated with it and adapted and arranged (1) to cause the suturing device to cinch tightly when the suture is received in the suture receiving structure and (2) to allow limited movement of the bodily tissue sutured thereby.
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1. A surgical device for suturing together bodily tissue, which allows limited movement of the bodily tissue sutured thereby, said surgical device comprising:
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(a) a wire suture having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end comprises a needle; (b) a longitudinally-oriented biasing means for cinching said wire suture tightly around the bodily tissue immediately surrounded by said surgical device, said biasing means having a first end and a second end, wherein said biasing means first end is operatively connected to said wire suture second end; and (c) a suture receiving means for passing said wire suture first end therethrough, said suture receiving means being operatively connected to said biasing means second end, and said suture receiving means and said biasing means being arranged such that pressure is exerted on said biasing means when said wire suture is cinched tightly around the tissue immediately adjacent to said surgical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for suturing together bodily tissue with a surgical device which allows limited movement of the bodily tissue sutured thereby, wherein said surgical device comprises:
- a wire suture having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end comprises a needle;
a longitudinally-oriented biasing means for cinching said wire suture tightly around the bodily tissue immediately surrounded by said surgical device, said biasing means having a first end and a second end, wherein said biasing means first end is operatively connected to said wire suture second end; and
a suture receiving means, for passing said wire suture first end therethrough, being operatively connected to said biasing means second end, said suture receiving means and said biasing means being arranged such that pressure is exerted on said biasing means when said wire suture is cinched tightly around the tissue immediately adjacent to said surgical device, said method comprising;(a) passing said wire suture first end through or around the bodily tissue to be sutured such that the wire suture is in intimate contact with the lateral and posterior portions of the tissue to be sutured; (b) passing said wire suture first end through said suture receiving means; (c) cinching said wire suture such that tension is placed on said biasing means; and (d) attaching a portion of the wire suture which is passed through said suture receiving means to a portion of the wire suture which is not passed through said suture receiving means. - View Dependent Claims (14)
- a wire suture having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end comprises a needle;
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