Suturing device with split arm and method of suturing tissue

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8419753
APP PUB NO 20090036906A1
SERIAL NO

12247012

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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.

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ABBOTT LABORATORIESU S A

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Stafford, Joshua Menlo Park, US 16 2163

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