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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Matthew B. Newell, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Pankaj Rathi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert M. George, San Jose, CA (US);
Marlo Dreissigacker, Redwood City, CA (US);
Narvel M. Brooks, Iii, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, Oakland, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Dane A. Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Timothy A. Limon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Beverly Huss, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Crystine M. Lee, San Rafael, CA (US);
Matthew B. Newell, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Pankaj Rathi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robert M. George, San Jose, CA (US);
Marlo Dreissigacker, Redwood City, CA (US);
Narvel M. Brooks, III, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, Oakland, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Dane A. Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian K. Shiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pablo G. Acosta, Newark, CA (US);
Timothy A. Limon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Beverly Huss, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Crystine M. Lee, San Rafael, CA (US);
Vibrynt, Inc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
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.