US 12,251,097 B2
Multiple-firing suture fixation device and methods for using and manufacturing same
Derek Dee Deville, Coral Gables, FL (US); Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US); Michael Walter Kirk, Miami, FL (US); Carlos Rivera, Cooper City, FL (US); George Nunez, Miami, FL (US); Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Miami, FL (US); Korey Kline, Miami, FL (US); Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US); M. Sean McBrayer, Miami, FL (US); Richard George Cartledge, Boca Raton, FL (US); Max Pierre Mendez, Miami, FL (US); Kevin K. Dang, Garden Grove, CA (US); Bryan A. Janish, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Manouchehr A. Miraki, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Edwards Lifesciences AG, Nyon (CH)
Filed by Edwards Lifesciences AG, Nyon (CH)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/455,215.
Application 17/455,215 is a continuation of application No. 16/355,373, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,172,924, issued on Nov. 16, 2021.
Application 16/355,373 is a continuation of application No. 14/965,323, filed on Dec. 10, 2015, granted, now 10,624,630, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/164,016, filed on May 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/103,045, filed on Jan. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/096,749, filed on Dec. 24, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/090,097, filed on Dec. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071619 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0485 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02)] 22 Claims
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1. A multiple-firing clip device, comprising:
a hollow shaft having a distal clip fixation location, an exterior surface, a distal shaft end, and an interior, the shaft defining a lateral opening proximal to the distal clip fixation location, the lateral opening communicating between the interior and an environment outside the exterior surface;
a plurality of suture fixation clips each having an internal hollow shaped to receive therein at least one suture, the plurality of the suture fixation clips stacked in the interior, defining a first clip, and configured to move along a longitudinal axis;
a clip movement assembly within the interior of the shaft and configured to deliver the first clip to the distal clip fixation location by moving the first clip longitudinally from a first proximal position into the distal clip fixation location; and
a snare assembly longitudinally movable on the shaft and comprising:
a snare-movement body comprising a hollow, snare-guiding tube having a distal tube end;
a snare operatively connected to the snare-movement body and having a distal snare portion; and
an interior body defining a portion of a snare guide path aligned with the snare-guiding tube to form a snare travel path; the snare being disposed within the snare guide path from the snare-movement body, through the interior body portion of the snare guide path, and into the snare-guiding tube; the interior body being movably disposed with respect to the snare-movement body to shorten the snare travel path and thereby extend the distal snare portion out from the distal tube end, through the lateral opening, through the distal clip fixation location, through the internal hollow of the first clip, and distally out from the distal shaft end to a given distance for temporarily securing at least a portion of the at least one suture.