Patent ID: 9579097
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for tensioning a suture member that crosses a portion of a wall of a tissue structure, comprising: a. advancing a distal portion of the suture member across at least a portion of a wall of the tissue structure; b. advancing a tensioning assembly, through which the suture member is threaded, toward the wall of the tissue structure, the tensioning assembly comprising: c. manipulating the elongate compressive loading member to adjust physical relationship between the tensioning assembly, suture member, and tissue structure wall by modulating the position of the tensioning member base relative to the suture member and tissue structure wall with the tensioning mode switching member in the first mode; and d. controllably switching the tensioning mode switching member to the second mode, while also releasing the temporary tensioner to maintain tension in the suture member during mode switching.