US 11,980,355 B2
Tissue traction bands and methods for tissue traction
Anne Sluti, Watertown, 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 May 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 15/930,620.
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 2020/0360006 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
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 stretchable traction band having a first end, a second end, a length therebetween and extending along a longitudinal axis;
a first attachment member extending from the first end of the traction band;
a second attachment member configured to be engaged with tissue by a tissue fastener, and extending from a ring encircling and slidably disposed on the traction band between the first end and the second end of the traction band; and
a third attachment member extending from the second end of the traction band;
wherein at least one of the first attachment member, the second attachment member, and the third attachment member is in the form of a loop.