Patent ID: 8496675

Claim:
A septal defect repair system for repairing a septal defect in a septum defined by septal tissue, the system comprising: a guide catheter configured to be disposed within a bodily lumen of a patient; and a repair device disposed within the guide catheter, the repair device including: an expansion assembly configured to press opposing sides of the septum together, a suture delivering portion maintaining a first suture and configured to drive a first end of the suture through the septal tissue proximate the septal defect, wherein the suture delivering portion further includes a plurality of push wire assemblies, each of the push wire assemblies including: a needle catheter, a push member slidably disposed within the needle catheter, and a suture needle removably affixed to an end of the push member, wherein an end of the suture is affixed to the suture needle, a suture receiving portion configured to capture the first end of the suture from the suture delivering portion by capturing the corresponding suture needle, wherein the suture receiving portion includes a plurality of petals pivotably coupled to a first delivery body, and the suture delivering portion includes a plurality of guide bodies pivotably coupled to a second delivery body; wherein the system is configured such that in an expanded state of the petals relative to the second delivery body and of the guide bodies relative to the first delivery body, respective ones of the petals are longitudinally aligned with respective ones of the guide bodies.