Device for closing an opening in tissue and method of closing a

Details Device for closing an opening in tissue and method of closing a Device for closing an opening in tissue and method of closing a

1997-04-14

1998-11-03

Jackson, Gary

Surgery

Instruments

Sutureless closure

606144, 606148, A61B 1704

Patent

active

058302328

ABSTRACT:
A device for facilitating the performance of a medical procedure in a cavity bounded by tissue. The device has a body with a first opening therethrough to define a first passageway for a medical instrument to be directed from externally of the cavity through an opening in the tissue to the cavity and an exposed surface that can be placed against the tissue around the opening therethrough with the device in an operative state relative to the tissue. A second opening is provided through the body to define a second passageway through which a tying instrument can be directed from externally of the tissue through the body and into the cavity bounded by the tissue.

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