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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Jesse J. Kuhns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Charles Alexander Mosse, London, GB;
Omar J. Vakharia, Mason, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Jesse J. Kuhns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Charles Alexander Mosse, London, GB;
Omar J. Vakharia, Mason, OH (US);
Rudolph H. Nobis, Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided which may be used for suturing, including performing a totally transoral surgical procedure, such as a posterior gastropexy procedure. A suture lock and cut assembly is provided to lock and cut one or more sutures in one motion, which motion can be a non-curved, non rotational linear motion. The suture lock and cut assembly with one or more sutures threaded therethrough may be pushed through, for example, a patient's esophagus and into the stomach by the tip of an endoscope, or alternatively, sized to be fed through the working channel of the endoscope.