Medical twisting device and method for forming a surgical closure
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Dec 18, 2001
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Dec 13, 1999
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A procedure wherein an elongate, at least partially flexible tie member is partially wound about tissues to be closed at a surgical site. Opposite ends of the flexible tie element are entrained by a twisting instrument which has a distal end juxtaposed to the surgical site. The twisting instrument extends out of the patient so that a proximal end of the instrument is manipulable by a surgeon. The surgeon rotates the instrument about a longitudinal axis, thereby twisting the tie member multiple turns about itself. Where the tie member is a wire, the twisting effectively locks the tie member at the surgical site. The tie member may then be severed by a cutters so that the tissues are closed.
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