Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscopic suture cinching and cutting device
-
Application No.: US17089637Application Date: 2020-11-04
-
Publication No.: US11957330B2Publication Date: 2024-04-16
- Inventor: Ryan V. Wales , Christopher R. Deuel , Kevin L. Bagley , Kathryn Venuto , Stan Robert Gilbert
- Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Seager, Tufte & Wickhem, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
Medical devices for cinching and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a shaft, a sleeve attached to the shaft, cutter slidable within the sleeve, a cinch sleeve releasably coupled to the sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, sleeve, cutter, cinch sleeve, and cinch member. The inner shaft may be actuated to cinch and cut one or more suture disposed within the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210128140A1 ENDOSCOPIC SUTURE CINCHING AND CUTTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
Information query