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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Layne D. Christopher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rebecca J. Gettinger, Loveland, OH (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Zhifan F. Huang, Mason, OH (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Jacobs, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Anil R. Jadhav, Pune, IN;
John A. Jast, Morrow, OH (US);
Nichole Y. Kwee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin A. Larson, South Lebanon, OH (US);
James G. Lee, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David T. Martin, Milford, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
Shailendra K. Parihar, Mason, OH (US);
Sol Posada, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Devanathan Raghavan, Mason, OH (US);
Brian D. Schings, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Patrick M. Schleitweiler, West Chester, OH (US);
Nicholas Seipelt, Milford, OH (US);
Melinda Tellmann, Franklin, OH (US);
Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Clarksville, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
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.