US 12,102,336 B2
Crimp attachment of clip for reloadable hemostasis device
Joseph W. King, Franklin, MA (US); Laurie A. Lehtinen, Boylston, MA (US); and Henry Stock, Sanbornton, NH (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/517,928.
Application 18/517,928 is a continuation of application No. 16/905,616, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,883,036.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,695, filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081831 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1285 (2013.01) [A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for loading a clip onto an applicator for a reloadable clipping system, comprising:
inserting a distal portion of an applicator through a longitudinal slot of a cartridge in which a clip is stored, the longitudinal slot extending proximally of a space within the cartridge that is sized and shaped to house the clip in an open configuration;
moving a control member of the applicator distally relative to the cartridge until an enlarged distal end of the control member is coupled to proximal ends of clip arms of the clip;
moving a capsule of the clip proximally relative to the applicator via the control member so that connecting elements extending proximally from a proximal end of the capsule slide along an exterior surface of a first ramped portion of a bushing of the applicator until a hook at a proximal end of each of the connecting elements is moved distally beyond a proximal end of the first ramped portion, snapping thereover to form a preliminary engagement; and
drawing the applicator proximally relative to the cartridge so that the hook of each of the connecting elements of the capsule, which is preliminarily engaged to the bushing, is moved proximally over a crimping feature along the longitudinal slot of the cartridge, the crimping feature engaging the hook to crimp the hook over a lip at the proximal end of the first ramped portion.