摘要 |
<p>The suture retriever has elongated housing provided with needle tip and lateral opening situated near tip. suture engaging hook is extendable through lateral opening and away from axis of housing in order to snare suture The hook is situated at distal end of elongated flexible support which is pre-formed in order to enable hook to be laterally displaced from axis of needle tip when support is moved distally relative to lateral opening. When suture is engaged by hook, latter is retracted proximally in order to place and hold suture adjacent lateral opening ADVANTAGE : Can be automatically deployed away from axis of needle tip in order to increase volume of space within which suture may be present and still be grasped, provides suture retriever for endoscopically retrieving suture material without necessity of guiding retriever as close to suture as required by prior art devices, and retriever has extended lateral reach in order to retrieve suture in larger area than prior art devices.</p> |