US 11,832,809 B2
Suture based closure device
Shaun D. Comee, Fiskdale, MA (US); Dennis B. Hubbard, Jr., Lancaster, MA (US); Jason R. Lebeau, Bridgewater, MA (US); Norman C. May, Valrico, FL (US); Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Robert B. DeVries, Northborough, MA (US); Christopher R. Deuel, Melrose, MA (US); and Stan Robert Gilbert, Litchfield, NH (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,500.
Application 17/130,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/901,477, filed on Feb. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,932,771.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,250, filed on Mar. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/461,969, filed on Feb. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106323 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0625 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00296 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0609 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06047 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture device for use in combination with a delivery system including a lumen extending through the delivery system, the suture device comprising:
a needle usable to carry a suture, the needle including a proximal detent and a distal detent;
a distal shuttle configured to releasably secure the needle, the distal shuttle including:
one or more bearing ball openings arranged such that the one or more bearing ball openings align with the proximal detent when the needle is secured to the distal shuttle; and
one or more bearing balls disposed within the one or more bearing ball openings and disposable within the proximal detent when the needle is secured to the distal shuttle; and
an endcap securable to the delivery system and configured to releasably engage and disengage the needle, the endcap configured to engage the needle when the needle is advanced distally into the endcap, and to release the needle when the needle is locked to the distal shuttle and the distal shuttle is withdrawn proximally.