Vibrynt, Inc.

Marlo Dreissigacker

Joshua Makower

Timothy A Limon

Theodore M Bender

Brian Kinting Shiu

Matthew B Newell

Pablo Acosta

Shuji Uemura

Robert George

Pankaj Rathi

Crystine M Lee

Narvel M Brooks, Iii

Beverly Huss

Dane A Johnson

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.

Devices, tools and methods for performing minimally invasive abdominal surgical procedures

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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Redwood City, CA, United States of America

Marlo Dreissigacker