Carter-Thomason CloseSure System
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Eliminate Big Problems Safely and Quickly Close Your Patients’ Port Sites

Safely and Quickly Close Port Sites, Especially on Challenging Obese Patients • Ensures complete fascial closure • Patented Pilot Guide precisely angles the suture passer • Easy-to-learn technique for reproducible success • Works under direct visualization • Prevents loss of pneumoperitoneum Full-Fascial Closure Prevents Herniation The patented Carter-Thomason CloseSure System is designed to prevent port-site herniation, a potential complication of minimally invasive surgeries. "There is a high incidence of incisional hernias and recurrence of hernias following surgical procedures in the...

1. Insert the Pilot® Guide with the holes aligned perpendicular to the trocar wound. With a loaded suture passer, push the suture passer through fascia, muscle and peritoneum into the abdomen. Drop the suture and remove the suture passer. 2. On the opposite side of the Pilot Guide, push the suture passer through all of the layers and pick up the suture with the hinged jaw. 3. Pull the suture up through the peritoneum, muscle, fascia and Pilot Guide. 4. Remove the Pilot Guide and tie off the suture. Result: Complete fascial closure.

Closing Any Trocar Site is a Simple, Fast and Safe Procedure The Carter-Thomason CloseSure System enables surgeons to close trocar sites efficiently and reliably. Our system is comprised of two precisely engineered components: a Pilot Guide and a Carter-Thomason suture passer. The easy-to-use cone-shaped Pilot Guide is long enough to correctly angle the suture passer and assure full-thickness closure including fascia and peritoneum (preventing Richter's Hernias), while maintaining pneumoperitoneum. The Carter-Thomason suture passer has a hinged jaw to load and pick up a suture, and a sharp...

Carter-Thomason CloseSure System XL Ideal for Morbidly Obese and Bariatric Patients Comparative Clinical Study of The Carter-Thomason CloseSure Port-Closure Techniques Proves System XL® Ensures Superior Results Carter-Thomason's Superiority for Bariatric Port-Site Closures In a prospective, randomized study of patients undergoing transperitoneal laparoscopic procedures, patients were randomized to one of eight different port-site closure techniques (including the Carter-Thomason CloseSure System, hand suturing and six other closure devices). "Compared with other port-site closure...

Carter-Thomason® is Ideal for a Range of Surgical Procedures In addition to closing port sites for average and obese patients, both the Carter-Thomason CloseSure System and Carter-Thomason CloseSure System XL are well-suited for a myriad of surgical applications: • Ligate abdominal wall bleeders • Tack hernia mesh • Repair ventral hernias • Temporarily reposition anatomic structure CARTERIHOMASONCloseSure System11Ordering Information Product Order Number Contents Carter-Thomason CTI-512N CloseSure System® Carter-Thomason CTI-1015N CloseSure System • Carter-Thomason CloseSure suture passer •...