| 摘要 |
A surgical instrument which can be inserted into an incision in a patient's stomach, wherein tissue-engaging members positioned within a lumen can be deployed therefrom and can engage the stomach wall surrounding the incision. Once engaged with the stomach wall, the tissue-engaging members can be retracted back into the instrument in order to pull at least a portion of the stomach wall into the instrument. In various embodiments, a cinching member can be utilized to cinch the stomach wall tissue and, as a result, seal the incision. The cinching member can comprise a loop and a pull member, wherein the loop can be disposed around a distal end of the surgical instrument such that it can be slid off of the distal end and around the tissue. The pull member can then be pulled proximally in order to decrease the size of the loop and cinch the tissue.
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