Patent ID: 9131938
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of closing a patent foramen ovale in a heart, the patent foramen ovale having a septum primum and a septum secundum, the method comprising: delivering a first elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end to a location adjacent the patent foramen ovale, the first elongate body comprising a first suture clasp arm near the distal end holding a first suture end portion, the first elongate body being delivered at least partially over a first guidewire; advancing a second guidewire distally from an opening in the first elongate body proximal to the first suture clasp arm, wherein when the second guidewire is advanced and when the first elongate body is in the location adjacent the patent foramen ovale, the second guidewire is positioned on one side of the septum secundum and the first elongate body is positioned on the other side of the septum secundum; extending the first suture clasp arm from the first elongate body and positioning the first suture clasp arm so that the septum secundum is located between the first elongate body and the first suture clasp arm; advancing a first needle through tissue of the septum secundum and into engagement with the first suture end portion held in the first suture clasp arm; retracting the first needle through tissue of the septum secundum with the first suture end portion; delivering a second elongate body discrete from the first elongate body having a second suture clasp arm to the tunnel of the patent foramen ovale; positioning the second suture clasp arm around the septum primum, the second suture clasp arm holding a second suture end portion; advancing a second needle through tissue of the septum primum and into engagaement with the second suture end portion held in the second suture clasp arm; and retracting the second needle through tissue of the septum primum with the second suture end portion.