Necklift procedure and instruments for performing same

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/04 (2006.01) A61B 17/32 (2006.01) A61B 17/34 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2672724

Described herein are the instruments used in a method for threading a suture in a patient's body. The method includes the steps of providing a suture, providing a threading device comprising an elongated rod having a suture tie-off location and first and second ends, tying the suture to the suture tie-off location, inserting the first end of the elongated rod through a first opening in the patient's skin, passing the first end of the elongated rod subcutaneously to a second opening in the patient's skin, pulling the first end of the elongated rod and a portion of the suture through the second opening, without turning the elongated rod around, and passing the second end of the elongated rod subcutaneously to an opening in the patient's skin. At at least one point during the performance of the method the first end of the elongated rod extends out of the first opening and the second end of the elongated rod extends through the second opening. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second ends of the threading device are each lighted at predetermined points during the method.

Le présent document décrit les instruments utilisés dans un procédé consistant à faire passer une suture dans le corps d'un patient. Le procédé inclut les étapes consistant à fournir une suture, un dispositif de filetage comportant une tige allongée ayant un endroit de fixation de suture et des première et seconde extrémités, à attacher la suture à l'endroit de fixation de suture, à insérer la première extrémité de la tige dans une première ouverture dans la peau du patient, à passer la première extrémité de la tige de façon sous-cutanée jusqu'à une seconde ouverture dans la peau du patient, à tirer la première extrémité de la tige et une partie de la suture à travers la seconde ouverture, sans tourner la tige et à passer la seconde extrémité de la tige de façon sous-cutanée jusqu'à une ouverture dans la peau du patient.

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