US 12,070,223 B2
Repositionable closure device
Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Kevin L. Bagley, Natick, MA (US); Ryan Evers, Billerica, MA (US); Narunn Suon, Lawrence, MA (US); and James J. Scutti, Norwell, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/450,803.
Application 18/450,803 is a continuation of application No. 17/443,148, filed on Jul. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,779,344.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,155, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389936 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for grasping tissue, comprising:
mounting a closure device on a cap;
attaching the cap to a distal end of an endoscope, the closure device comprising a first ring structure having a first distal portion and a first medial portion, a second ring structure having a second distal portion and a second medial portion, the first and second distal portions being movable between an open position, where the first and second distal portions form an angle relative to one another for receiving target tissue therebetween, and a closed position, where the first and second distal portions are drawn toward one another for gripping the target tissue, and an anvil about which the first and second medial portions are formed; and
moving proximally one of the anvil and the first and second rings ring structures relative to the other one of the anvil and the first and second rings ring structures to move the first and second distal portions between the open position or the closed position.