Patent ID: 7449024
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for suturing an opening in a tissue, the device comprising: an elongated shaft having a longitudinal axis; at least two arms movable between a compact position and a deployed position, wherein the arms are generally parallel to the axis of the shaft when in the compact position, wherein at least one of the arms is at a non-perpendicular angle with respect to the axis of the shaft when in the deployed position, at least one of the arms being pivoted less than 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft when in the deployed position and another of the at least two arms being pivoted more than 90 degrees to the longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft when in the deployed position, and wherein at least one of the arms defines a needle receiving portion; and at least one needle advanceable longitudinally along the shaft toward the needle receiving portion, the needle exiting the shaft through a side wall of the shaft at a location proximal to the arms.