SURGICAL KNOT PUSHER

摘要

A knot pusher for pushing suture knots (200) towards an incision in a vessel or an organ of a patient includes an elongate member (124) which engages the knots. One segments (194) of the suture is attached to a suture leader (100) which pulls the segment (194) through a lumen in the elongate member (124). Consecutive knots are advanced towards the incision by pushing the knots with the elongate member (124), while holding one or both ends of the suture.