US 11,986,186 B2
Fastening devices and related methods of use
Ryan Evers, Billerica, MA (US); Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US); Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); and Narunn Suon, Lawrence, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,727.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,536, filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133323 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/10 (2013.01) [A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00486 (2013.01); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a fastening assembly, wherein the fastening assembly includes:
an adapter defining an opening therethrough;
a fastener releasably coupled to the adapter, wherein the fastener includes at least two jaws pivotable relative to one another, the fastener having a first configuration wherein the at least two jaws are open and a second configuration wherein the at least two jaws are closed;
a first cable and a second cable coupled to the fastener and the adapter, wherein the first cable and the second cable are configured to apply tension to the fastener to transition between the first configuration and the second configuration while the fastener is coupled to the adapter; and
a third cable coupled to the adapter, wherein the third cable is configured to move the adapter and to control release of the fastener from the adapter.