Devices, tools and methods for performing minimally invasive abdominal surgical procedures
First Claim
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
- an elongate shaft;
a working end platform formed on a distal end portion of said elongate shaft;
a handle mounted on a proximal end portion of said elongate shaft;
a stitching needle rotatably mounted relative to said platform and rotatable from a concealed position in which a tip of said stitching needle is concealed within said platform to an exit position where said tip is inserted into a suture anchor releasably attached to said platform, and counter-rotatable from said position where said tip is inserted into said suture anchor to said position in which said tip is concealed within said platform; and
a stabilizing pin movably mounted to said platform, said stabilizing pin being actuatable from a recessed position in which a tip of said stabilizing pin is concealed within said platform to a stabilizing position where said tip extends out of said platform, and vice versa.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, devices and assemblies are provided for treating a patient by: making an incision or puncture though the patient'"'"'s skin over the abdominal cavity; establishing an initial tract through an opening formed by the incision or puncture; advancing an instrument through the tract; contacting a distal end portion of the instrument against an inner surface of the abdominal cavity; driving at least one stitching needle through the inner surface of the abdominal cavity; continuing the driving until the at least one stitching needle exits the inner surface of the abdominal cavity; anchoring a suture carried by each of the at least one stitching needle to a suture anchor at an exit location, respectively; and applying tension to each of the sutures.
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9 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:
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an elongate shaft; a working end platform formed on a distal end portion of said elongate shaft; a handle mounted on a proximal end portion of said elongate shaft; a stitching needle rotatably mounted relative to said platform and rotatable from a concealed position in which a tip of said stitching needle is concealed within said platform to an exit position where said tip is inserted into a suture anchor releasably attached to said platform, and counter-rotatable from said position where said tip is inserted into said suture anchor to said position in which said tip is concealed within said platform; and a stabilizing pin movably mounted to said platform, said stabilizing pin being actuatable from a recessed position in which a tip of said stabilizing pin is concealed within said platform to a stabilizing position where said tip extends out of said platform, and vice versa. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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