US 12,465,356 B2
Medical device placement assemblies and methods of using the same
Jeffrey Clay, Southlake, TX (US); and Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/756,474
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/062888
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/113361, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/942,948, filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000487 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/28 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/00 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, the shaft defining a lumen extending from the proximal end of the shaft to an opening on a side of the shaft;
a grasping tool fixed to the distal end of the shaft and configured to fix the distal end relative to a target site; and
a lock assembly disposed at the proximal end of the shaft and configured to engage with an ancillary device and prevent distal axial movement of the shaft relative to the ancillary device.