	US 12,433,593 B2
	Hemostasis clip reduced length deployment mechanism
Daniel Congdon, Hudson, MA (US); Laurie A. Lehtinen, Boylston, MA (US); and Alex Roberts, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/676,105.
Application 18/676,105 is a continuation of application No. 17/809,153, filed on Jun. 27, 2022, granted, now 12,016,562.
Application 17/809,153 is a continuation of application No. 16/898,222, filed on Jun. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,399,835, issued on Aug. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/863,320, filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0307059 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 17/10 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A clipping device, comprising:

a clip including a capsule and a pair of clip arms, each proximal end of the clip arms being slidably received within the capsule and including an opening extending therethrough;

a flexible member extending from a proximal end remaining outside of a living body to a distal end including a bushing;

a tension member including a pair of fingers and a pair of protrusions, the protrusions extending from opposing surfaces thereof and being configured to be received within the openings of the proximal ends of the clip arms to maintain a desired alignment between the clip arms; and

a yoke attached to a distal end of a control member so that movement of the control member within the flexible member moves the yoke relative to the capsule so that the clip arms move between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the yoke releasably receiving the pair of fingers therein such that, when a predetermined force is exerted on the control member, the pair of fingers are flexed together disengaging the tension member from the yoke and deploying the clip.