Patent ID: 8828027

Claim:
A method of securing tissue, comprising: advancing an elongate flexible member to a surgical site in a patient, with the elongate flexible member having a first jaw pivotally attached to a distal end of the elongate flexible member at a first pivot coupling, and a second jaw pivotally attached to the first jaw at a second pivot coupling, and a launch tube extending through a lumen of the elongate flexible member and connecting only to the second jaw at a launch tube pivot coupling distal of the first and second pivot couplings, with the second pivot coupling between the first pivot coupling and the launch tube pivot coupling, and, the launch tube having a substantially tubular shape defining an internal lumen; moving the first jaw relative to the elongate member distal end by translating the launch tube relative to the elongate flexible member; moving the second jaw toward the first jaw by translating the launch tube relative to the elongate flexible member.