US 12,402,878 B2
Systems, devices, and related methods for fastening tissue
Ryan Wales, Northborough, MA (US); Jeff Gray, Sudbury, MA (US); and Michael Peachock, Olmsted Falls, OH (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/754,909
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056472
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/080976, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,557, filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0299027 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/072 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening device comprising:
a flexible longitudinal body including a central longitudinal axis and a distal end;
an anvil extending distally from the distal end of longitudinal body; and
a distal body extending distally from the distal end of the longitudinal body, the distal body configured to removably receive a cartridge having a plurality of fasteners, wherein the distal body includes a first distal body and a second distal body separated by a gap configured to receive the cartridge;
wherein at least one of the anvil and the distal body is flexible and has a first configuration with a distal portion of the at least one of the anvil and the distal body extending radially outward from the central longitudinal axis and a second configuration with the distal portion closer to the central longitudinal axis than in the first configuration.