US 12,185,938 B2
Apparatus and method for suturing body lumens
Aaron M. Fortson, Fremont, CA (US); Douglas H. Mehl, Redwood City, CA (US); Dinorah Vianey Merrill, Modesto, CA (US); and David J. Milazzo, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/230,405.
Application 17/230,405 is a continuation of application No. 14/511,730, filed on Oct. 10, 2014, granted, now 11,154,293.
Application 14/511,730 is a continuation of application No. 13/455,053, filed on Apr. 24, 2012, granted, now 8,858,573, issued on Oct. 14, 2014.
Application 13/455,053 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/443,659, filed on Apr. 10, 2012, granted, now 8,864,778, issued on Oct. 21, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228204 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A medical apparatus comprising:
a distal member;
a plurality of needles disposed in the distal member and proximally advanceable from the distal member;
a first guide proximal the distal member, the first guide configured to direct the plurality of needles in a first trajectory; and
a second guide proximal the first guide, the second guide configured to route the plurality of needles in a second trajectory towards a proximal end of the medical apparatus, the second trajectory being different from the first trajectory, wherein the second trajectory orients the plurality of needles with tips of the plurality of needles outside an outer surface of a portion of the second guide.