Method of arthroscopic suturing of tissue
US4923461A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 22, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 8, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B17/0469
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of suturing tissue in the body particularly useful in arthroscopic surgery requiring only small incisions or portals for insertion of diagnostic and surgical instruments includes the steps of inserting an instrument in the body having a distal end carrying relatively movable jaws with openings therein, manipulating the jaws to penetrate the tissue to be sutured and to move the jaws to positions adjacent each other with the openings therein aligned, feeding suture material through the openings in the jaws, securing ends of the suture material to form a knot and moving the knot to a position adjacent the tissue.
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