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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2016
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);
Robert Charles, New Boston, NH (US);
Jon Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
Daniel E. Hamilton, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
Samuel Raybin, Marlborough, MA (US);
Robert B. Devries, Northborough, MA (US);
Niklas Andersson, Wayland, MA (US);
Meghan Elizabeth Soens, Paris, FR;
Mary Ann Cornell, Brimfield, MA (US);
Ray H. Tong, Foxboro, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A tissue cutting device includes a flexible elongate body including a channel extending therethrough, a distal member connected to a distal end of the elongate body. The distal member includes a lumen extending therethrough in communication with the channel and a recess extending through an exterior surface of the distal member along a portion of a length thereof. The recess extends includes a receiving structure at a distal end thereof. A cutting element is slidably received within the channel and the lumen so that the cutting element is movable between an open tissue-receiving configuration and a closed tissue-gripping configuration, in which a distal portion of the cutting element extends across the recess such that the distal end of the cutting element is received within the receiving structure, a portion of a length of the distal portion extending radially beyond an exterior surface of the distal member.