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1. A device for accurately guiding and positioning a surgical instrument bearing suture material to a predetermined area within the body for closing an open wound including:
a guide means having a longitudinal axis and distal and proximal ends, said guide means being of substantially elongated conical shape with an outer conical wall having at least one opening therein and wherein said guide means is of smaller diameter at its distal end than at its proximal end, said distal end being adapted to be inserted into the wound; the proximal end of said guide means having an upper wall with an opening therein; at least one generally linear passageway passing through said guide means between said opening in said conical wall and said opening in said upper wall and extending at a first diverging angle less than 90° from said longitudinal axis, said passageway allowing a surgical instrument carrying suture material to pass therethrough at said angle to the predetermined area within the body to assist in closing the open wound; an elongated rod extending upwardly from said upper wall, said rod being in substantial axial alignment with said guide means but having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the proximal end of said guide means, and a handle secured to the top of said rod and spaced from said guide means, said handle having a lower surface which is generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and which is wider than the diameter of said proximal end of said guide means to prevent said device from entirely passing through said wound. |
