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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Coloplast A/s, Humlebaek, DK;
Allen Gaynor, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Michael K. Luk, Hopkins, MN (US);
Steven McClurg, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Michael M. Witzmann, Shoreview, MN (US);
Ying Zheng, Stamford, CT (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A method of placing a suture through tissue includes placing a band on a finger of a user, where the band is attached to a head of a suturing device, and employing the finger and the device in identifying an intracorporeal tissue landmark and placing the head of the suturing device at the intracorporeal tissue landmark. The method additionally includes engaging a throat of the head of the suturing device with the intracorporeal tissue landmark, and ejecting a needle out of a needle exit port and through the tissue. The needle exit port is located on a proximal portion of the head of the suturing device.