Patent ID: 8152836
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device for closing a perforation in a bodily wall, the medical device comprising: a suture having opposing first and second ends; a set of visceral staples for connecting the suture to the bodily wall, each visceral staple including a base and two tines connected to the base, the tines spaced apart to define a slot therebetween; a delivery catheter defining a lumen sized to receive the visceral staples, a distal end of the delivery catheter defining a pair of circumferentially spaced apertures in communication with the lumen, the suture passing through the pair of apertures and the lumen; and the visceral staples arranged in the delivery catheter such that distal translation of a visceral staple through the distal end of the delivery catheter causes the suture to enter the slot, wherein the first end of the suture becomes fixed in one direction relative to the catheter preventing the first end from spooling towards the apertures while only the second end of the suture is spooled towards the apertures as the set of visceral staples are distally translated relative to the catheter and connected to the bodily wall.