Patents Assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOVASCULAR DIVISION, INC.
  • Patent number: 9107656
    Abstract: A suture delivery device for insertion into an internal tissue wall opening and delivery of a suturing apparatus to the internal tissue wall is provided. In one embodiment, the suture delivery device comprises at least one carrier tube, at least one leg, and a tensioning device. The at least one carrier tube is configured to house a pusher and a suturing apparatus, the carrier tube having an expulsion end. The at least one leg is coupled to the at least one tube at a first end of the leg. The tensioning device is pivotally coupled to the at least one leg at a second end of the leg. When the at least one leg is in an open position, the tensioning device exerts tension on the leg such that the leg is movably suspended and can pivot about the tensioning device in response to contacting a tissue wall, and the pusher and suturing apparatus are in an delivery configuration for delivery of the suturing apparatus to the internal tissue wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOVASCULAR DIVISION, INC.
    Inventors: Gary James Schorr, Jyue Boon Lim