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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Applicant:
Joshua Stafford, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joshua Stafford, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for suturing an opening in a tissue, having an elongated shaft, at least two arms movable to a deployed positioning which the arms are non-perpendicular to the shaft, the arms having needle receiving portions; and needles advanceable longitudinally along the shaft toward the needle receiving portions, the needles exiting through side walls of the shaft at a location proximal to the arms.