US 12,185,945 B2
Systems, devices, and related methods for fastening tissue
Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Ramon Estevez, Lowell, MA (US); and Kathryn Venuto, Waltham, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/491,075.
Application 18/491,075 is a continuation of application No. 17/188,348, filed on Mar. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,844,519.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,542, filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041452 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0686 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2937 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A tissue fastening device comprising:
a body configured to include a plurality of fasteners;
an anvil rotatable relative to the body;
a tissue cutting device, wherein the body comprises a channel configured to receive the tissue cutting device;
a fastener actuator configured to move proximally relative to the body to deploy the plurality of fasteners from the body, wherein the tissue cutting device and the fastener actuator are configured to move proximally across a ramp portion to transition the tissue cutting device;
a first spacer and a second spacer, wherein each of the first spacer and the second spacer is within the body and configured to deploy a fastener of the plurality of fasteners, wherein the first spacer is distal to the second spacer, and wherein the first spacer has a larger height than the second spacer; and
an actuation wire coupled to the tissue cutting device and the fastener actuator;
wherein the tissue cutting device is immovable in all directions relative to the fastener actuator.