Patent ID: 11957331
Assignee: HEARTSTITCH, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of suturing anatomical tissue, comprising:
grasping adjacent portions of the tissue to be sutured between a first movable grasping arm and a second movable grasping arm of a delivery device by transitioning the first and second grasping arms from an open configuration to a closed configuration, wherein the second grasping arm comprises a first suture mount and second suture mount for holding portions of one or more sutures on a first side of the tissue to be sutured, the delivery device further carrying a first needle and a second needle, wherein respective distal tips of the first and second grasping arms are moved toward each other and toward a longitudinal axis of the delivery device when transitioning from the open configuration to the closed configuration;
advancing the first needle and the second needle of the delivery device through the grasped portions of the tissue to be sutured from a second side of the tissue to be sutured opposite to the first side to catch the portions of the one or more sutures held in the first and second suture mounts, respectively, the first and second needles being advanced parallel to the longitudinal axis of the delivery device while the adjacent portions of the tissue to be sutured between the first and second grasping arms are held in an orientation generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and
retracting the first and second needles from the first and second suture mounts to carry the suture portions back through grasped portions of the tissue to be sutured such that the one or more sutures extend through the portions of the tissue to be sutured.