Patent ID: 9668724
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A suture delivery device for percutaneously suturing tissue comprising: an elongated deployment member having a guide member coaxially disposed over a shaft member; a needle deployment member carried at a distal end of the elongated deployment member, the needle deployment member having at least one deflectable wing, wherein a proximal end of the needle deployment member is secured to the guide member and a distal end of the needle deployment member is secured to the shaft member; and a plurality of needles releasably secured to the needle deployment member, wherein the needle deployment member is configured to transition between an uncompressed configuration corresponding to a first distance between the proximal and distal ends that longitudinally aligns the plurality of needles with the shaft member and a compressed configuration corresponding to a second distance between the proximal and distal ends that positions the plurality of needles at a piercing angle in a proximal direction, the first distance being greater than the second distance, wherein each of the at least one deflectable wing has a longitudinal slot formed therein to axially retain one of the plurality of needles and wherein a distal end of each needle remains at a same radial distance from the shaft member when transitioning from the uncompressed configuration to the compressed configuration.