US 12,484,901 B2
Closure device
John Crombie, East Hanover, NJ (US)
Assigned to ZSX MEDICAL, LLC, Moorestown, NJ (US)
Filed by ZSX Medical, LLC, Moorestown, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,804.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/314,419, filed on Feb. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270439 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/08 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure device comprising:
a first jaw having:
a first plate extending along an axial axis, and
at least one pair of first teeth projecting from the first plate, a first tooth of each of the at least one pair of first teeth projecting proximate a first end of the first plate and a second tooth of each of the at least one pair of first teeth projecting proximate an opposing second end of the first plate, each pair of the at least one pair of first teeth being aligned along a respective axis parallel to the axial axis;
a second jaw having:
a second plate extending generally parallel to the first plate,
at least one pair of second teeth projecting from the second plate, a first tooth of each of the at least one pair of second teeth projecting proximate a first end of the second plate and a second tooth of each of the at least one pair of second teeth projecting proximate an opposing second end of the second plate, each pair of the at least one pair of second teeth being aligned along a respective axis parallel to the axial axis, and
a thru-hole extending substantially perpendicularly, entirely through the second plate; and
a post secured to and projecting from the first plate along a longitudinal axis oriented substantially perpendicularly to the first and second plates, the thru-hole being configured to slidably receive the post therethrough in a rotationally fixed manner,
wherein, the post extends through the thru-hole in a rotationally fixed manner, whereby the at least one pair of first teeth face the at least one pair of second teeth and
wherein each pair of the at least one pair of first teeth extends toward the second plate and each pair of the at least one pair of second teeth extends toward the first plate, the first tooth of each of the at least one pair of first teeth being offset in a direction parallel to a transverse axis from the oppositely facing first tooth of each of the at least one pair of second teeth, and the second tooth of each of the at least one pair of first teeth being offset in a direction parallel to the transverse axis from the oppositely facing second tooth of each of the at least one pair of second teeth, the transverse axis being oriented perpendicularly to both the axial and longitudinal axes.