Patent ID: 9414837
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for deploying a suture clips onto a sutures, comprising: causing a free end of a suture to enter into a distal end portion of an inner lumen of a main shaft of a suture clip deployment device; causing the main shaft to move proximally relative to a handle portion of the suture clip deployment device, a first suture clip mounted around an outer surface of the main shaft and a second suture clip mounted around the outer surface of the main shaft proximal to the first suture clip, such that the first suture clip slides distally off of a distal end of the main shaft and onto the suture such that the first suture clip resiliently secures to the suture, and such that the second suture clip slides toward the distal end of the main shaft; and after the first suture clip is secured to the suture, causing the main shaft and the second suture clip to move distally together relative to the handle portion such that the suture clip deployment device is ready to deploy the second suture clip onto another suture by subsequent proximal motion of the main shaft relative to the handle portion.