US 11,896,235 B2
Hemostasis clip deployment
Daniel Congdon, Hudson, MA (US); Laurie A. Lehtinen, Boylston, MA (US); and Alex Roberts, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,413.
Application 17/815,413 is a continuation of application No. 16/861,135, filed on Apr. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,426,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,334, filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361889 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clipping system, comprising:
an applicator including a flexible shaft extending from a proximal end which, in an operative configuration, remains outside a living body to a bushing at a distal end thereof which, in the operative configuration, is inserted into the living body to a site adjacent to target tissue to be clipped;
a clip releasably coupled to the bushing, the clip including a capsule having a channel extending therethrough, and a pair of clip anus, proximal ends of which are slidably received within the channel to move the clip arms between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the clip arms being aligned relative to one another via a pin received within openings extending through proximal ends of the clip arms; and
a control member extending longitudinally through the flexible shaft from a proximal end to a distal end releasably coupled to the proximal ends of the clip arms to move the clip arms between the open and closed configurations, the distal end of the control member including a first holding jaw including a pair of fingers extending about opposing sides of the pin and gripping the pin.