Abbott Laboratories
Suturing Device with Split Arm and Method of Suturing Tissue

Abstract:

A device for suturing an opening in a tissue, having an elongated shaft, at least two arms are moveable to a deployed position in which the arms are non-perpendicular to the shaft. The arms have needle receiving portions. Needles are 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.