US 12,349,932 B2
Control mechanism for end effectors and method of use
Kathryn Gildersleeve, Maple Grove, MN (US); Ramon Estevez, Lowell, MA (US); Christopher R. Deuel, Melrose, MA (US); Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US); and Maggie Burds, Peosta, IA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/131,189, filed on Dec. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202433 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/29 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/2903 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a shaft including a longitudinal axis;
an end effector connected to a distal end of the shaft and configured to move from a first orientation, where a longitudinal axis of the end effector is approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, to a second orientation, where an angle is formed between the longitudinal axis of the end effector and the longitudinal axis of the shaft, wherein the end effector includes a U-shaped body portion configured to receive a medical tool, wherein the U-shaped body portion comprises a pair of walls and a bottom wall, wherein the U-shaped body portion includes a pair of arms extending from one of the pair of walls;
an elongated member attached to a proximal end of the end effector, wherein manipulation of the elongated member is configured to move the end effector between the first orientation and the second orientation; and
a fixation device configured to be connected to a distal end of the shaft, wherein the end effector is pivotally coupled to the fixation device via a pair of pins, wherein the pair of pins defines an axis about which the end effector is configured to rotate, and wherein each pin of the pair of pins is received by a respective opening of each arm of the pair of arms.