Patent ID: 9314229
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of positioning a suture at an arteriotomy of a vessel wall of a vessel, wherein the method includes the steps of: positioning a distal end of a suturing device through the arteriotomy, wherein the suturing device includes a handle and an elongated body coupled to a distal end of the handle; deploying at least one suture snag of the suturing device within the vessel from a retracted position in which two distal arm portions of the suture snag are disposed within the elongated body to a deployed position in which the two distal arm portions radially extend away from the elongated body; distally advancing at least one pair of needles of the suturing device from a loaded position in which the at least one pair of needles is disposed within the elongated body to a deployed position in which the at least one pair of needles distally extend from a distal end of the elongated body and penetrate through the vessel wall and through apertures of the two distal arm portions of the at least one deployed suture snag, wherein a suture is slidingly disposed through the lumen of each needle and each suture is concurrently carried with its respective needle during the step of extending the at least one pair of needles to the deployed position; and distally advancing the sutures relative to their respective needles from a loaded position in which a first end of each suture is disposed within its respective needle to a deployed position in which the first end of each suture extends distally away from the distal end of its respective needle.