| Abstract |
This invention relates to a device for repetitively dispensing bits of sutures or threads for surgical and non-surgical uses and a novel technique of surgical ligations using the device. The device, besides delivering the required length of the suture thread, also helps in passing the dispensed ligature around or through the object forming a loop and further helps in tightly securing together the two limbs of the dispensed ligature loop in a knot. The device simplifies this procedure of delivering and tying the ligature loops, especially during endoscopic surgery. Use of the device saves time and suture material, prevents injury to the body structures and does away with the assistant for surgical ligations. |