Method of suturing a trocar path incision

US11389192B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cilag GmbH International · CH

Inventors

• Frederick E. Shelton, IV · Hillsboro, US
• Gregory J. Bakos · Mason, US
• Layne D. Christopher · Cincinnati, US
• Rebecca J. Gettinger · Loveland, US
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Christopher J. Hess · Cincinnati, US
• Zhifan F. Huang · Mason, US
• John V. Hunt · Cincinnati, US
• Michael A. Jacobs · Cockeysville, US
• Anil R. Jadhav · Pune, IN
• John A. Jast · Morrow, US
• Nichole Y. Kwee · Cincinnati, US
• Kevin A. Larson · South Lebanon, US
• James G. Lee · Cincinnati, US
• David T. Martin · Melbourne, AU
• Jerome R. Morgan · Cincinnati, US
• Michael A. Murray · Bellevue, US
• Shailendra K. Parihar · Mason, US
• Sol Posada · Cincinnati, US
• Devanathan Raghavan · Mason, US
• Brian D. Schings · Cincinnati, US
• Patrick M. Schleitweiler · Sharonville, US
• Nicholas Seipelt · Milford, US
• Melinda Tellmann · Franklin, US
• Tamara Widenhouse · Clarksville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2017
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2022
• Expiry date: May 27, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/3466
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of suturing a trocar path incision in a tissue of a patient with an obturator includes inserting the obturator through the tissue such that a shaft of the obturator extends through a tissue opening about the trocar path incision and a distal tip of the obturator is positioned within a cavity of the patient. The method also includes directing the suture via a suturing feature with the obturator inserted through the tissue in order to direct the suture relative to the tissue. Furthermore, the method includes closing the tissue opening about the trocar path incision with the suture.