Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple-firing crimp device and methods for using and manufacturing same
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Application No.: US14543240Application Date: 2014-11-17
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Publication No.: US10016193B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Kevin W. Smith , Max Pierre Mendez , Matthew A. Palmer , M. Sean McBrayer , Thomas O. Bales, Jr. , Derek Dee Deville , Richard Cartledge , Korey Kline , Carlos Rivera , George Nunez
- Applicant: Edwards Lifesciences AG
- Applicant Address: CH Nyon
- Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AG
- Current Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Nyon
- Agency: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B90/30

Abstract:
A multiple-firing crimp device comprises crimps, a shaft, a crimp movement assembly, and a snare. Each crimp has an internal hollow. The shaft has a distal crimping location, an exterior surface, and an interior with the clips stacked therein, the crimps moving therein along a longitudinal axis. The shaft defines a lateral opening proximal to the crimping location and communicates the interior to the environment outside the exterior surface. The crimp movement assembly within the shaft delivers the first crimp to the distal crimping location by moving the first crimp longitudinally from a first proximal position into the distal crimping location and returning to a second proximal position without the first crimp. The snare pulls at least one cord from distal of the first crimp through the first crimp and through a portion of the shaft and out the side of the shaft through the lateral opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150142021A1 Multiple-Firing Crimp Device and Methods for Using and Manufacturing Same Public/Granted day:2015-05-21
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