Patent ID: 11918206
Assignee: ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A suturing system comprising:
an elongate distal member and an elongate proximal member proximal the elongate distal member, the elongate proximal member having a lumen;
a needle deployment actuator extending to the elongate distal member and being configured to initiate proximal movement of a needle toward an opening of the elongate proximal member; and
a guide disposed within the elongate proximal member, a perimeter of the guide forming a plurality of needle receiving gaps that, when viewed in cross-section, are circumferentially spaced about the deployment actuator with a portion of the guide disposed between adjacent needle receiving gaps extending outwardly towards a wall of the lumen of the elongate proximal member such that the needle translates proximally into one of the plurality of needle receiving gaps.