Patent ID: 8882785

Claim:
An endoscopic tissue suturing device, comprising: a suturing capsule that is mountable to a distal end of an endoscope, the suturing capsule adapted to capture tissue at a tissue capture region thereof; a needle that is slidable in a longitudinal direction within the suturing capsule along a pathway that extends from a proximal end of the tissue capture region to a distal end of the tissue capture region, the needle is adapted to penetrate tissue captured within the tissue capture region when the needle is extended in a distal direction from the proximal end to the distal end of the tissue capture region; a suture tag that is securable to the needle to carry a suture across the tissue capture region; and a suture tag catch positioned distal to the tissue capture region to retain the suture tag at a distal end of the tissue capture region when the suture tag is released from the needle and the needle is retracted to the proximal end of the tissue capture region, the suture tag catch being movable relative to the suturing capsule in the longitudinal direction to release the suture tag when the suture tag is locked to the needle and the needle is retracted toward the proximal end of the tissue capture region.