Method for performing a surgical occlusion, and kit and applicator for carrying out the method
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1. A method for performing a surgical occlusion on human or animal tissue, said method comprising the following steps:
- positioning a tubular applicator having a first and a second open applicator end, with said first applicator end adjacent the tissue;
introducing into said applicator at least one elongated and flexible bundle-strap type occlusion tie having an apertured retaining head and a tongue which extends from said head and is formed integrally therewith;
catching a portion of said tie protruding from said first applicator end and arranging the tie around the tissue; and
after said step of arranging the tie around the tissue, forming the tie into a closed occlusion loop around the tissue by inserting and pulling the tongue through the retaining head.
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Abstract
A method, a kit and an applicator for performing a surgical occlusion. A tubular applicator open at both ends is introduced with a first end adjacent a free-prepared tissue. At least one bundle-strap type tie is introduced into the applicator. A tie portion protruding from said first end of the applicator is caught in order to position the tie in its proper place around the tissue. Thereafter, the tie is formed into a locked occlusion loop around said tissue. The occlusion technique is applicable to both laparotomy and laparoscopy.
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1. A method for performing a surgical occlusion on human or animal tissue, said method comprising the following steps:
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positioning a tubular applicator having a first and a second open applicator end, with said first applicator end adjacent the tissue; introducing into said applicator at least one elongated and flexible bundle-strap type occlusion tie having an apertured retaining head and a tongue which extends from said head and is formed integrally therewith; catching a portion of said tie protruding from said first applicator end and arranging the tie around the tissue; and after said step of arranging the tie around the tissue, forming the tie into a closed occlusion loop around the tissue by inserting and pulling the tongue through the retaining head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A kit for performing a surgical occlusion on human tissue during laparotomy or thoracotomy, said kit comprising in combination:
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a) at least one elongated and flexible, bundle-strap type, occlusion ties, each tie having an apertured retaining head and a tongue which extends from said head and is formed integrally therewith; and b) a tubular, substantially J-shaped applicator having a long leg with an open applicator end, and a short leg with an open applicator end; said long leg being adapted to receive at least one of said ties, and said short leg being adapted to be passed around the tissue by manual handling of said long leg; and said applicator being dimensioned so as to allow the whole tie to be passed through the applicator and out therefrom at the short leg end in order to position the tie in its proper place around the tissue when the applicator is withdrawn, whereupon the tie can be closed into a locked occlusion loop around the tissue by passing the tongue through the retaining head. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A kit for performing a surgical occlusion on human or animal tissue during laparoscopy, said kit comprising in combination:
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a) at least one elongated and flexible, bundle strap type, occlusion tie, said tie having an apertured retaining head and a tongue which extends from said head and is formed integrally therewith; b) a tubular, substantially rectilinear applicator having a first and a second open applicator end, said applicator being adapted to be introduced, with the first applicator end first, through a laparoscopic port in order to position the first applicator end in the close proximity of the tissue; and
said applicator being dimensioned so as to allow the whole tie, preferably with its tongue first, to be passed through the applicator and out therefrom at said first applicator end,said tongue being adapted to be caught by means of a suitable laparoscopic instrument at said first applicator end adjacent the tissue and, by means of said instrument, arranged around the tissue, whereupon said tongue is to be pulled out through said laparoscopic port, on the outside of which the tie is to be formed into a closed loop by passing the tongue through the retaining head; and c) at least one substantially rectilinear loop-tightening tube dimensioned so as to allow the tongue, but not the retaining head of said tie, to pass therethrough, whereby said closed loop can be tightened around the tissue by pulling the tongue of the tie through the loop-tightening tube, after the tie has been formed into said closed loop, and then successively introducing the loop-tightening tube into said laparoscopic port while pulling a portion of the tongue which protrudes from an outer end of the loop-tightening tube. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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