Ethicon, Gmbh

Cilag International Gmbh

Layne D Christopher

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Jason L Harris

Nichole Y Kwee

James G Lee

Sol A Posada

Tamara S Vetro Widenhouse

Patrick M Schleitweiler

Anil R Jadhav

Jerome R Morgan

Gregory J Bakos

Christopher J Hess

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

John V Hunt

David T Martin

Zhifan F Huang

Brian D Schings

Michael A Murray

Kevin A Larson

Michael A Jacobs

Devanathan Raghavan

Rebecca J Gettinger

Nicholas Seipelt

John A Jast

Melinda Tellmann

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.

Method of suturing a trocar path incision

A surgical access device includes a tissue retractor including a flexible body configured to engage tissue surrounding a tissue opening. A plurality of surgical instrument channels is arranged in a central portion of the tissue retractor. Each surgical instrument channel is configured to guide a surgical instrument distally through the surgical access device. At least one needle entrance port is arranged on a proximal portion of the surgical access device. At least one needle exit port is arranged distally of the needle entrance port. The at least one needle entrance port and the at least one needle exit port are configured to cooperate to define a needle channel extending distally through the surgical access device and obliquely relative to a central axis thereof. The needle channel is configured to guide a suture passer needle through the surgical access device and adjacent tissue to facilitate closure of the tissue opening.

Surgical port with wound closure channels

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Layne D Christopher