US 12,232,712 B2
Devices and methods for endoscopic patch delivery
Amanda Smith, Boston, MA (US); Andrew Pic, Northboro, MA (US); and Hannah Rebar, Brighton, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,198.
Application 17/817,198 is a continuation of application No. 16/525,888, filed on Jul. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,439,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,361, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370059 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00234 (2013.01) [A61L 24/0005 (2013.01); A61L 24/08 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00269 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00323 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of delivering a biocompatible patch to a target site of a patient, the method comprising:
introducing a medical device into a gastrointestinal tract of the patient;
positioning a distal end of the medical device proximate the target site;
introducing an instrument into a working channel of the medical device, wherein the instrument includes a shaft and a cylinder at a distal end of the shaft, and wherein the biocompatible patch is disposed on an outer surface of the cylinder;
contacting the target site with the biocompatible patch; and
rotating the instrument relative to the working channel to apply the biocompatible patch to the target site and release the biocompatible patch from the cylinder, wherein the cylinder rotates relative to the shaft.