Patent ID: 7744610

Claim:
A method for closing an aneurysm, the aneurysm having a neck connected to a blood vessel, comprising: providing a staple having a plurality of tines, said tines oriented at least partially in the proximal direction; advancing said staple through the vasculature to a location within the aneurysm; plastically deforming said staple to a splayed configuration; penetrating at least one said tine of said staple in said splayed configuration into tissue in proximity to the neck of the aneurysm plastically deforming said staple to a closed configuration, whereby the neck of the aneurysm is substantially closed; and providing an end effector, wherein said end effector holds said staple; and wherein said plastically deforming said staple to a splayed configuration and said plastically deforming said staple to a closed configuration are performed by said end effector.