US 12,185,940 B2
Method for closing wound
Hiroyuki Morishita, Hachioji (JP); Kunihide Kaji, Hachioji (JP); and Keita Ozawa, Hino (JP)
Assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP., Hachioji (JP)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,352.
Application 18/379,352 is a continuation of application No. 17/585,135, filed on Jan. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,819,206.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/154,908, filed on Mar. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032910 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for closing a wound in a tubular organ, comprising:
a step of suturing edges at opposing positions across the wound using a first device; and
a step of suturing edges where a force to separate the wound acts greatest using a second device different from the first device.