Patent ID: 8663252
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A suturing device configured to close an opening in a body lumen, the suturing device comprising: a shaft having a distal end, a proximal end, and a guidewire lumen extending from the proximal end toward the distal end, the distal end of the shaft being defined by the distal most surface of the shaft; a first needle exit opening extending through the distal end of the shaft; a second needle exit opening extending through the distal end of the shaft; a foot member secured to the distal end of the shaft, the guidewire lumen extending from the shaft through the foot member, a proximal end of the foot member having a flared portion and a guide body portion extending distally of the flared portion, the flared portion extending radially outwardly of an outward surface of the shaft and an outward surface of the guide body; a first needle capture device removably secured to the foot member; a second needle capture device removably secured to the foot member; and at least one length of suture removably secured to the foot member, the at least one length of suture having a first end and a second end, the first end being secured to the first needle capture device and the second end being secured to the second needle capture device.