US 11,717,292 B2
Systems, devices, and related methods for fastening tissue
Paul J. Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Ramon Estevez, Lowell, MA (US); Allyn Narcisse Jensrud, Brookline, MA (US); Laura Christakis, Framingham, MA (US); Alec Orlofsky, New Rochelle, NY (US); Mingxiang Xu, Wayland, MA (US); Samuel Raybin, Marlborough, MA (US); Daniel Peter, West Newton, MA (US); and John B. Golden, Norton, 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. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/804,887.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/812,538, filed on Mar. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0275925 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/044 (2022.02); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue fastening device comprising:
a handle assembly including at least two actuators;
a first body extending distally from the handle assembly;
a fastening device coupled to a distal end of the first body, wherein the fastening device comprises:
a longitudinal body including a channel;
a cartridge that includes a plurality of fasteners, wherein the channel receives the cartridge; and
an anvil mounted adjacent the cartridge;
a second body including a lumen, wherein the first body is positioned in, movable within, and extends from the lumen; and
a coupler coupling a distal end of the second body to the fastening device, wherein the fastening device is pivotable about the coupler as a proximal portion of the first body is moved proximally and/or distally;
wherein, in a first configuration, a distal portion of the first body has a first angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the second body and wherein, in a second configuration, a distal portion of the first body has a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the second body.