Patent ID: 8425538

Claim:
A sealing apparatus for sealing a puncture in an anatomical structure, the sealing apparatus comprising: a shaft having a distal portion and a proximal portion; a housing located on the proximal portion, the housing having a needle slot, wherein the needle slot having a plurality of needles disposed side-by-side therein; the proximal portion of the shaft having a needle insertion and receiving lumen positioned distal of the needle slot, the needle insertion and receiving lumen being arranged and configured to receive an entire one of the plurality of needles; the proximal portion of the shaft further having a needle pusher channel, wherein the needle pusher channel having a needle pusher disposed therein, the needle pusher configured to successively advance each of the plurality of needles into the needle insertion and receiving lumen; wherein the plurality of needles are movable within the needle slot to be successively positioned in alignment with the needle insertion and receiving lumen and the needle pusher channel; and a suture having a first end connected to at least one of the plurality of needles.