US 12,290,255 B2
Tissue retraction bands and methods of use thereof
Juan C. Rodriguez Salazar, Watertown, MA (US); Jose Garcia-Cordero, Ocala, FL (US); Anne Sluti, Watertown, MA (US); Caroline Riedel, Westford, MA (US); and Talha Riaz, Framingham, MA (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/545,167.
Application 18/545,167 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,952, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,890,001.
Application 17/174,952 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,613, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 10,952,717, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,972, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,815, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115251 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0293 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00135 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue traction device, comprising:
a traction band comprising a compliant or semi-compliant material; and
a filament disposed along a length of the traction band, the filament having different stretching characteristics than the traction band to prevent over-stretching of the traction band.