US 12,440,205 B2
Suture based closure device for use with endoscope
Christopher R. Deuel, Melrose, MA (US); Shaun D. Comee, Fiskdale, MA (US); and Stan Gilbert, Litchfield, NH (US)
Assigned to BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/413,450.
Application 18/413,450 is a continuation of application No. 16/875,343, filed on May 15, 2020, granted, now 11,918,202.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,985, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148374 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0609 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture device for use in combination with a delivery device having a delivery lumen and a distal end including a distal assembly, the suture device comprising:
a needle configured to carry a suture, the needle including a distalmost end along a distal region configured to releasably engage the distal assembly of the suture device, and a proximal region configured to releasably engage a suture translation assembly of the suture device proximally spaced apart from the distal assembly; and
a protective needle cap configured to releasably fit over the distalmost end of the needle when the needle is not engaged with the distal assembly of the suture device, the needle cap having a needle cap body defining a void that is configured to releasably receive the distalmost end of the needle therein, and an atraumatic distal tip configured to extend over the distalmost end of the needle to cover and shield the distalmost end of the needle;
wherein the protective needle cap is configured to be pushed distally away from and off the needle and off and separated from the suture device so that the distalmost end of the needle may be engaged with the distal assembly of the suture device.