Patent ID: 11896214
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A suture device adapted to be used in combination with an endoscope, the suture device comprising:
an end cap ring adapted to be secured to a distal end of an endoscope;
a C-shaped suture ring secured to the end cap ring, the C-shaped suture ring having a first side and a second side, and defining an arcuate channel extending within the suture ring;
a first arcuate needle passer slidingly disposed within a first side of the arcuate channel,
a second arcuate needle passer slidingly disposed within a second side of the arcuate channel;
a first control element that is adapted to enter the first side of the arcuate channel substantially parallel to a tangent of the first needle passer proximate where the first control element is secured to the first needle passer;
a second control element that is adapted to enter the second side of the arcuate channel substantially parallel to a tangent of the second needle passer proximate where the second control element is secured to the second needle passer; and
an arcuate needle passable between the first arcuate needle passer and the second arcuate needle passer by manipulating the first control element and the second control element;
wherein the first control element and the second control element cross over each other upon entering the arcuate channel of the C-shaped suture ring.