Patent ID: 11957359
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method for treating a tissue opening, comprising:
inserting to a target area within a patient body, a device including first and second arms coupled to one another, the device being inserted to the target area in a closed configuration, in which a first distal end of the first aim is drawn toward a second distal end of the second arm;
when the device reaches the target area, moving the device to an open configuration in which the first and second distal ends are separated from one another;
positioning the device so that a first target portion of tissue is received between the first and second distal ends;
drawing the first and second distal ends to the closed configuration so that a tissue penetrating element of the first arm passes through the first target portion of tissue and the tissue penetrating element is releasably received in a receiving feature of the second arm and so that a loop of suture held by the second arm is engaged by a suture linking feature of the first arm; and
moving the device to the open configuration so that the loop is pulled out of engagement with the second arm and so that the tissue penetrating element and the suture are pulled through the first target portion of tissue.