Patent ID: 8652150

Claim:
A surgical device comprising: an outer sheath defining a first channel therein; a suturing applicator; a collar assembly coupled to the outer sheath, wherein the collar assembly comprises: a first arm coupled to the outer sheath at a first hinge positioned substantially at a first end of the first arm; a second arm coupled to the first arm at a second hinge positioned substantially at a second end of the first arm; and a collar coupled to an end of the second arm opposite the second hinge; and wherein the collar assembly is movable from an un-deployed position where the first arm and the second arm extend the collar distally from the outer sheath to a deployed position where the collar is aligned with the first channel of the outer sheath, wherein the suturing applicator is distally extendable from the first channel toward the collar, when the collar assembly is in the deployed position, and wherein a distal cross section of the collar assembly is smaller when the collar assembly is in the un-deployed position than when the collar assembly is in the deployed position.