Patent ID: 8623033

Claim:
A suturing system comprising: a tool comprising a head having a proximal portion housing a needle movable through a needle exit port of the head and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, where the distal end of the head is radially offset from the longitudinal axis and defines a cavity; a first suture attached to a capsule, the capsule sized for placement in the cavity, the capsule defining a through-hole sized for engagement with the needle; and a second suture configured to be threaded through the through-hole of the capsule; wherein the needle is movable from the proximal portion of the head across the throat to form a channel in tissue, and retractable into the needle exit port to draw the capsule and the first and second sutures through the channel formed in the tissue to place multiple lengths of suture in the tissue; wherein the first suture is molded to ca sole second suture is removably inserted into the through-hole of the capsule and adapted to be frictionally coupled to the capsule by the needle.