Instrument for closing, by subcutaneous suturing, an orifice made in the abdominal wall of a patient

摘要

An instrument for closing, by subcutaneous suturing, an orifice made in the abdominal wall of a patient. The instrument has a piston rod ( 5 ) whose end acts on a flexible support strip ( 8 ) for needles ( 7 ), thus causing them to emerge at an exterior of the lower part ( 4 ) of a cannula ( 3 ) of the instrument underneath the abdominal wall ( 2 ), so that the needle can then penetrate into a thick part of this wall. Also, a method for suturing of orifices after a surgical operation by laparoscopy.