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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Envision Endoscopy, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Azadeh Khanicheh, Somerville, MA (US);
Amos Cruz, Wrentham, MA (US);
Assignee:
EnVision Endoscopy, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00358 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method cinches a suture. The method provides a cinch having a suture capturing portion configured to capture a suture, a cinch lock coupled with the suture capturing portion, and a cinch anchor having a lumen. The suture capturing portion is extended out of the lumen to capture the suture. The suture is captured by the suture capturing portion. The suture capturing portion is retracted into the lumen of the cinch anchor. The suture is cinched between the cinch lock and the cinch anchor.