title: [Semi-automatic suturing device for minimally invasive cardiac surgery].
abstract: Semi-automatic suturing device for minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) was developed. Exchange of the needle is attained by an automatic grasping action and the needle shift parallel to the long axis of the device. This device (5 mm in diameter) can be inserted through a 5 mm trocar. This new device facilitates not only operative procedure such as mitral valve replacement and patch closure during MICS but conventional cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suematsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D009339:Needles; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*