Patent ID: 11918202
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A suture device for use in combination with a delivery system including a lumen extending through the delivery system, the suture device comprising:
a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within the lumen of the delivery system, the delivery system including a distal end, the suture translation assembly including:
a needle usable to carry a suture;
a distal shuttle configured to releasably secure the needle;
a sleeve disposable over the distal shuttle, the distal shuttle movable relative to the sleeve between a locked position in which the needle is locked to the distal shuttle and an unlocked position in which the needle is releasable from the distal shuttle;

a suture catheter operably coupled to the sleeve via a coupler;
a control wire operably coupled to the distal shuttle and terminating in a yoke joining the control wire to the distal shuttle; and
a distal endcap configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system, the distal endcap configured to releasably engage and disengage the needle, the endcap configured to engage the needle when the needle is advanced distally into the endcap, and to release the needle when the needle is locked to the distal shuttle and the distal shuttle is withdrawn proximally.