US 12,440,210 B2
Systems, devices, and related methods for fastening tissue
Nora Belkhayat, Framingham, MA (US); Ryan V. Wales, Northborough, MA (US); Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US); Conor Reid, Cambridge, MA (US); and Jeff Gray, Sudbury, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/366,972.
Application 18/366,972 is a continuation of application No. 16/921,644, filed on Jul. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,759,204.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,290, filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404575 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/072 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/00 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A medical device, comprising:
a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis;
a first stapling head containing one or more staples, wherein a block is disposed in, and movable relative to, the first stapling head;
a second stapling head; and
a pushing element, wherein the pushing element is configured to cause the first stapling head to translate toward the second stapling head along a trajectory that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and wherein the pushing element is configured to urge the block to move toward the second stapling head to deploy the one or more staples.