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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kevin Windheuser, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Shaun D. Comee, Fiskdale, MA (US);
Christopher R. Deuel, Melrose, MA (US);
Stan Gilbert, Litchfield, NH (US);
Thomas Jones, Milford, MA (US);
Briana J. Moretti, Franklin, MA (US);
Ashrita Raghuram, Brighton, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A suture assembly includes a translation assembly that is axially translatable within a working channel of an endoscope and is adapted to releasably secure and/or release a needle and a distal end cap that is securable to an end of the endoscope and is adapted to releasably secure and/or release the needle in order to pass the needle back and forth between the translation assembly and the distal cap. An attachment mechanism configured to releasably secure the distal endcap to an end of the endoscope.