Patent ID: 6056760
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A device for intracardiac suture, comprising:a rod having a proximal end and a distal end and provided with a grip member at the proximal end thereof and having a flexible end portion at the distal end thereof;a piercing catheter having a lumen for movably holding the rod, a flexible distal end portion having a piercing needle at a distal end thereof, and a proximal end portion provided with a hemostatic means at a proximal end thereof;a flexible sheath having a lumen for movably holding the piercing catheter, a proximal end and a distal end and provided with a hemostatic means at the proximal end thereof; anda means for engaging an atrial septum and which can be accommodated in the lumen of the piercing catheter and having a suture fitted thereto;wherein the means for engaging accommodated in the piercing catheter can be pushed out of the piercing catheter by pushing said rod.