Patent ID: 8574244
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for deploying a suture in a puncture through a vessel wall of a blood vessel, the puncture disposed within a tissue tract of a patient body, the device comprising: a shaft suitable for insertion along the tissue tract and into the vessel through a puncture; a foot coupled to the shaft, the foot including a plurality of guide channels extending through the foot from a proximal side to a distal side of the foot; a plurality of hollow needles, each needle having a proximal end, a distal end suitable for forming a needle path through the vessel wall, each needle configured to extend from the proximal side of the foot, through a respective guide channel of the plurality of guide channels, and distally beyond the distal side of the foot; wires associated with each needle, each wire being slidably disposed within a hollow needle of the plurality of needles and having a distal end and a proximal end; and hooks coupled to each of the distal ends of each wire, each hook being configured to anchor the wire to an interior portion of the vessel wall, the slidable movement of the wires and deployment of the hooks from within the plurality of hollow needles being independent from proximal movement of the needle.