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Method of employing surgical suturing apparatus to tie knots

  • US 5,480,406 A
  • Filed: 10/07/1994
  • Issued: 01/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for forming a knot during endoscopic surgery using a surgical apparatus including the steps of:

  • providing a surgical instrument having first and second jaws which open and close and a surgical needle with length of suture attached, the needle operatively connected to the jaws so that it may be passed between them;

    passing the needle and a portion of the suture through a piece of tissue to create a first suture portion attached to the needle on one side of the tissue and a second suture portion on the other side of the tissue;

    creating a first loop of suture around the second portion of suture using the first portion of suture by passing the needle between the jaws.

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