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Surgical suturing instrument and method of use

  • US 7,131,978 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2003
  • Issued: 11/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suturing device comprising:

  • a housing;

    a shaft extending from said housing and having a distal end, the shaft adapted for placement in a lumen of an endoscope, at least a portion of said shaft being flexible and said shaft having multiple discrete contact points arranged for contact area with an inner surface in the lumen of the endoscope to reduce binding therebetween;

    a pair of opposing jaws located at said distal end of said shaft;

    a suture drive mechanism adapted to advance suture material through one of said jaws, through a subject to be sutured, and into another of said jaws; and

    a jaw rotation mechanism adapted to rotate said jaws about an axis lying along at least a portion of said shaft.

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