Patent ID: 8628541
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of deploying tissue anchors within a hollow body organ, comprising: endoluminally advancing a tissue grasping tool having a first jaw and a second jaw pivotably coupled to a distal end of an elongate member into the hollow body organ; clamping tissue within the hollow body organ with the first and second jaws of the tissue gasping tool; deploying at least one tissue anchor into or through the tissue through a deployment tube having a distal end that is attached to at least one of the first and second jaws of the tissue grasping tool; and severing a length of suture connecting the deployed at least one tissue anchor and depending from the tissue grasping tool with at least one cutting element disposed upon at least one of the first and second jaws of the tissue grasping tool.