US 11,701,121 B2
Cinch ligating assembly
Cynthia Ann Ranallo, Eastlake, OH (US); Alex Uspenski, Chardon, OH (US); Reza Mohammadpour, Willoughby Hills, OH (US); and Christopher J. Kaye, Middleburg Heights, OH (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC., Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC., Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/739,636.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/791,378, filed on Jan. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222053 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12013 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for ligating tissue, comprising:
a ligating element having a proximal end and a distal end;
a releasable connector on a distal end of a drive wire releasably connected to the proximal end of the ligating element;
a cinch component configured to cinch the ligating element around a target tissue; and
an actuator assembly located at a proximal end of a catheter;
wherein a pusher tube and the drive wire extend longitudinally through the catheter;
wherein the ligating element and the cinch component are configured to extend out from a distal end of the catheter;
wherein the actuator assembly includes:
a handle rail; and
a first handle and a second handle releasably attached to each other,
wherein the first handle and second handle are slidably disposed on the handle rail;
wherein movement of the first and second handles together moves the ligating element, cinch component, and hook positioned in a first configuration, and
wherein movement of the first and second handles away from each other causes the ligating element, cinch component, and releasable connector to be in a second configuration.