US 11,890,001 B2
Tissue retraction bands and methods of use thereof
Juan C. Rodriguez Salazar, Watertown, MA (US); Jose Garcia-Cordero, Ocala, FL (US); Anne Sluti, Watertown, MA (US); Caroline Riedel, Westford, MA (US); and Talha Riaz, Framingham, MA (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/174,952.
Application 17/174,952 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,613, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 10,952,717.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,972, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,815, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186480 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0293 (2013.01) [A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue traction device, comprising:
a traction band comprising a compliant or semi-compliant material; and
a filament disposed along a length of the traction band, the filament having different stretching characteristics than the traction band;
wherein the filament comprises a substantially compliant or semi-compliant material configured to increase a traction force of the traction band.