Patent ID: 9706988
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A suturing system, comprising: a suturing device comprising an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end; a plurality of arms near the distal end, wherein each arm is configured to move between a first position wherein the arm is retracted within the elongate body, and a second position wherein the arm has a free end extending away from the elongate body, each arm comprising at least one suture mount at the free end; a plurality of needles, each needle configured to move between a retracted position in which the needle is within the elongate body to a deployed position in which the distal point of the needle extends out of the elongate body and into a corresponding suture mount; and a first sheath adapted to surround at least a portion of the elongate body; a second sheath adapted to surround at least a portion of the first sheath; a plurality of suture portions, wherein each suture portion has a suture end releasably retained within a suture mount of a corresponding arm, each suture portion extending from a corresponding suture end, between the first sheath and the second sheath, to a position proximal to at least the second sheath.