Patent ID: 9386979
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An endoscopic tissue suturing device, comprising: a suturing capsule that is mountable to a distal end of an endoscope, the suturing capsule including a tissue suction chamber that is adapted to capture tissue therein when a vacuum is applied thereto; a needle movable within the suturing capsule along a pathway that extends through the tissue suction chamber, the needle adapted to penetrate tissue captured within the tissue suction chamber when the needle is extended in a distal direction from a proximal end to a distal end of the suturing capsule; a control handle that is mountable to a proximal end of the endoscope, the control handle being coupled to the needle and constructed and arranged to control movement of the needle within the suturing capsule; a suture supply supported by the control handle, the suture supply including a length of suture that is coupled to the needle to form one or more stitches in tissue, the suture supply includes a suture spool that is rotatably supported within the control handle about an axis of rotation, the suture being unwound from the suture spool as the needle places stitches through tissue; and a cover supported by the control handle to cover the suture spool, the cover being rotatable about the axis of rotation independent of the suture spool.