US 12,329,390 B2
Hemostatic clip with needle passer
Samuel Raybin, San Jose, CA (US); Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Norman C. May, Valrico, FL (US); Narunn Suon, Lawrence, MA (US); Matthew Jagelski, Milford, MA (US); Ray Hewenson Tong, Foxborough, MA (US); John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US); Kevin James McElwee, Berwick, ME (US); and Andrew James Whitney, Douglas, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/604,060.
Application 18/604,060 is a continuation of application No. 18/151,822, filed on Jan. 9, 2023, granted, now 11,957,359.
Application 18/151,822 is a continuation of application No. 16/824,410, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,576,681, issued on Feb. 14, 2023.
Application 16/824,410 is a continuation of application No. 15/842,489, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,631,872, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 15/842,489 is a continuation of application No. 14/788,021, filed on Jun. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,877,732, issued on Jan. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/019,588, filed on Jul. 1, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268833 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/1227 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/062 (2013.01); A61B 17/0625 (2013.01); A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00353 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/086 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue clipping device for treating a tissue opening, comprising:
a capsule defining a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the capsule;
a first arm including a tissue penetrating element extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the first arm, the first arm further including a wedge member extending toward the first arm;
a second arm coupled to the first arm, the second arm including a proximal opening extending therethrough and a distal opening extending through the second arm distally of the proximal opening, the second arm further including a receiving feature distal of the distal opening, the receiving feature being configured to releasably receive the tissue penetrating element when the first and second arms are brought into a closed configuration, wherein proximal portions of the first and second arms are slidably received within the capsule, the first and second arms being movable relative to one another between an open configuration in which a first distal end of the first arm and a second distal end of the second arm are separated from one another to receive tissue between the first and second arms and the closed configuration, in which the first distal end is moved toward the second distal end to grip tissue; and
a suture extending through the capsule and passing through the proximal opening to extend along a radially outer surface of the second arm to pass through the distal opening, the suture including a loop at a distal end thereof to engage, in an initial configuration, a second arm suture linking feature of the second arm, and wherein the first arm includes a first arm suture linking feature including a hook configured so that, when the first and second arms are brought from the open configuration to the closed configuration with the loop in the initial configuration, the hook grabs the loop so that, upon subsequent movement of the first and second arms to the open configuration, the loop is pulled by the hook out of engagement with the second arm, the distal opening being positioned so that, when the first and second arms are in the closed configuration, the wedge member extends into the distal opening gripping the suture against an edge of the distal opening.