Patent ID: 9265488
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A suturing device, comprising: a handle; an elongated body coupled to a distal end of the handle; a shaft slidingly disposed within the handle and the elongated body, wherein an expandable suture capture component is mounted on a distal portion of the shaft, the expandable suture capture component being operable to alternate between a deployed configuration in which the expandable suture capture component radially expands and extends away from the elongated body and a compressed configuration in which the expandable suture capture component is disposed within the elongated body, at least one pair of needles moveable to a deployed position in which the at least one pair of needles distally extend from the distal end of the elongated body and into the expandable suture capture component with the expandable suture capture component in its deployed configuration and a retracted position in which the at least one pair of needles is disposed within the elongated body, each needle including a distal end configured to penetrate through a vessel wall.