US 11,779,338 B2
Devices for approximating tissue and related
Lindsay Gordon, San Francisco, CA (US); Sylvie Stacy, Bessemer, AL (US); Johannah Van Der Plas, Maineville, OH (US); Anita R. Kalra, New York, NY (US); Eamon Doyle, Sierra Madre, CA (US); and David Wurtz, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,358.
Application 17/658,358 is a continuation of application No. 17/658,204, filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Application 17/658,204 is a continuation of application No. 17/655,869, filed on Mar. 22, 2022.
Application 17/655,869 is a continuation of application No. 16/520,566, filed on Jul. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,311,297.
Application 16/520,566 is a continuation of application No. 15/439,524, filed on Feb. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,441,284, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 15/439,524 is a continuation of application No. 14/577,199, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, granted, now 9,610,081, issued on Apr. 4, 2017.
Application 14/577,199 is a continuation of application No. 12/883,245, filed on Sep. 16, 2010, granted, now 8,945,157, issued on Feb. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/272,457, filed on Sep. 25, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225990 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/08 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/083 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00579 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00584 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00588 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00668 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of clipping tissue, comprising:
inserting an elongate member into a living body;
advancing the elongate member into the living body until a clipping portion detachably coupled to a distal end of the elongate member reaches a target site within the living body, the clipping portion including first and second side clip arms and a middle clip arm;
operating a control member extending through the elongate member to move the first side clip arm to an open position in which a distal end of the first side clip arm is separated from the middle clip arm;
positioning a first target portion of tissue between the first side clip arm and the middle clip arm;
operating the control member to move the first side clip arm to a closed position in which the distal end of the first side clip arm is drawn toward the middle clip arm to close over the first target portion of tissue;
operating the control member extending through the elongate member to move the second side clip arm to an open position in which a distal end of the second side clip arm is separated from the middle clip arm;
positioning a second target portion of tissue between the second side clip arm and the middle clip arm;
operating the control member to move the second side clip arm to a closed position in which the distal end of the second side clip arm is drawn toward the middle clip arm to close over the second target portion of tissue; and
separating the clipping portion from the elongate member with the first and second side clip arms closed over the first and second target portions of tissue.