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

Claim 13:
14. 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 plurality of needles 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,
wherein when needle tips of the plurality of needles are at least partially disposed within the opening, a portion of each needle of the plurality of needles proximal the opening is radially separated by a distance less than a diameter of the elongated proximal member.