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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Karl Storz Gmbh & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Kazunori Uchida, Hiroshima, JP;
Tsuneyoshi Suzuki, Kanuma, JP;
Hirofumi Mugishima, Kanuma, JP;
Shinji Ishida, Fujinomiya, JP;
Hiroaki Sano, Fujinomiya, JP;
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG, , DE;
Abstract
A suturing and ligating method includes a needle piercing step of inserting a needle of a suture-needle assembly through a tissue in a body cavity, a needle gripping step of gripping the needle with a first gripper, a winding step of winding a suture strand of the suture-needle assembly in at least one turn around a first distal-end working unit by rolling the first distal-end working unit in at least one revolution, a transferring step of transferring the suture-needle assembly from the first gripper to a second gripper, a suture strand gripping step of gripping a portion of the suture strand that has not passed through the tissue, with the first gripper, a pulling step of pulling the first distal-end working unit out of a loop of the suture strand, and a tightening step of forming a knot of the suture strand.