US 12,310,588 B2
Devices for approximating tissue and related methods of use
Lindsay Gordon, San Francisco, CA (US); Sylvie Stacy, Bessemer, AL (US); Johannah Van Der Plas, Maineville, OH (US); Anita R. Kalra, New York, NY (US); Eamon Doyle, Sierra Madre, CA (US); and David Wurtz, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,869.
Application 17/655,869 is a continuation of application No. 16/520,566, filed on Jul. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,311,297.
Application 16/520,566 is a continuation of application No. 15/439,524, filed on Feb. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,441,284, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 15/439,524 is a continuation of application No. 14/577,199, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, granted, now 9,610,081, issued on Apr. 4, 2017.
Application 14/577,199 is a continuation of application No. 12/883,245, filed on Sep. 16, 2010, granted, now 8,945,157, issued on Feb. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/272,457, filed on Sep. 25, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211377 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/08 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00579 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00584 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00588 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00668 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to approximate multiple tissue edges, comprising:
a first member defining a first lumen;
a second member including a second lumen and a third lumen, wherein the second member is movably disposed within the first lumen of the first member;
a clip having a plurality of jaws each including a first end and a second end, wherein the clip is mounted to an outer surface of the second member, the jaws being coupled to each other at their first ends and configured to transform from an open configuration to a closed configuration, the open configuration being a configuration where the second ends of the jaws are located away from each other, and the closed configuration being a configuration where the second ends of the jaws are proximate to each other, wherein, to transition the jaws from the open configuration to the closed configuration, the second member is pulled proximally relative to the first member; and
one or more tools configured to pass between the jaws, wherein each tool of the one or more tools is configured to move independently relative to the jaws and grasp one or more tissue edges to position the tissue edges between the jaws, wherein the second lumen is configured to receive a first tool of the one or more tools, and wherein the third lumen is configured to receive a second tool of the one or more tools.