Priority claim this application and the puncture site closure device-related application claims priority to No. 10 / 086,318 co-pending United States Patent Application No. name 'LaparoscopicPortSiteFascialClosureDevice' of the invention, which was filed on March 1, 2002 , in which the entirety of which is incorporated by reference.

摘要

A laparoscopic fascial closure device for fashioning a secure closure about a laparoscopic puncture site. The device comprises an elongate cannula having proximal and distal ends. A needle suture complex is selectively deployed from the distal end of the device that is operative to deploy a suture across the puncture site from within the body and draw the free ends of the suture outwardly from the body via the laparoscopic port site. The device is configured to be utilized through a ten millimeter or larger laparoscopic port, and is operative to position the suture at the puncture site such that the suture extends in a diametrically-opposed configuration at least 1.0 cm or greater across opposed sides of the puncture site.