Patent ID: 9149270
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic tissue apposition device, comprising: a device body having a first end portion and a second end portion; a vacuum chamber within the device body for receiving tissue drawn therein with a vacuum, the vacuum chamber being located between the first end portion and the second end portion; a carrier needle retractable within the first end portion of the device body and traversable across the vacuum chamber to the second end portion of the device body, the carrier needle including a beveled tip; a punch needle engageable with the second end portion of the device body, wherein the punch needle is configured to receive the carrier needle; and a hold and release mechanism configured to intermittently retain the punch needle in the second end portion of the device body, the hold and release mechanism including a holding channel and a release channel, the holding channel configured to releasably hold the punch needle therein, the release channel including a holding mechanism therein, the holding mechanism including a key having a pivot end, a slotted member having a vertically extending slot configured to slidably receive the pivot end of the key therein, and a biasing member, wherein a suture is attachable to the punch needle, and wherein the punch needle with the attached suture is traversable across the vacuum chamber upon the carrier needle being received within the punch needle.