Patent ID: 9107656
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A suture delivery device for insertion into an internal tissue wall opening and delivery of a needle to the internal tissue wall, the suture delivery device comprising: a support; a needle carrier tube having a support end and a needle expulsion end, the needle expulsion end being at a proximal end of the needle carrier tube; a needle having a sharp end and an opposite end, the needle being slidably disposed within the needle carrier tube such that the needle may be expelled from the needle expulsion end of the needle carrier tube to deploy the needle and wherein the needle is configured such that, upon deployment from the needle carrier tube, the needle is substantially prevented from re-entering the needle carrier tube; a suture coupled to the needle wherein the suture is deployed with the needle; a pusher positioned distal to the needle in the needle carrier tube, the pusher being configured to move proximally provided for moving in the needle carrier tube to expel the needle from the needle expulsion end of the needle carrier tube to deliver the suture; a leg having a first end and a second end, the first end of the leg being coupled to the support end of the needle carrier tube, the second end of the leg being coupled to the support, wherein actuation of the leg actuates the suture delivery device between a closed position and an open position; a tensioning device, the tensioning device pivotally coupled to the leg at the second end of the leg, wherein the tensioning device is configured to actuate the leg to actuate the suture delivery device between the closed position and the open position, the support being stationary while the leg is actuated; wherein, in the closed position, the needle carrier tube and the leg are generally aligned with each other and are arranged generally parallel to the support and wherein, in the open position, the needle carrier tube is disposed at an angle to the leg such that the needle carrier tube and the leg are not aligned, and the leg is disposed at a non-parallel angle to the support.