Patent ID: 8211122

Claim:
A suturing device comprising: a housing having a first foot actuation handle and a first needle actuation handle, the housing having a proximal end and a distal end; a flexible shaft extending from the distal end of the housing, the flexible shaft having a proximal end and a distal end; a first foot housing extending from the distal end of the shaft, the first foot housing carrying a pivotable first foot, the first foot having a proximal side and a distal side in a deployed configuration, the first foot being operatively connected to a first foot actuation wire and a second foot actuation wire, the first and second foot actuation wires being connected to the first foot actuation handle and being routed over a bearing disposed proximal to and radially offset from a pivot point of the first foot, the first foot actuation wire and the second foot actuation wire being connected to the first foot on opposite sides of the pivot point and extending from the foot toward the bearing at angular orientations transverse to one another; at least one needle extending from the first needle actuation handle and through the shaft; a length of suture having two ends, the length of suture positioned on the device; and a distal sheath extending from the first foot housing, the distal sheath defining a guidewire lumen.