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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Ryan V. Wales, Northborough, MA (US);
Christopher R. Deuel, Melrose, MA (US);
Kevin L. Bagley, Dedham, MA (US);
Kathryn Venuto, Worcester, MA (US);
Stan Robert Gilbert, Litchfield, NH (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Medical devices for cinching and cutting one or more suture, and methods for making and using such devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a shaft, a sleeve attached to the shaft, cutter slidable within the sleeve, a cinch sleeve releasably coupled to the sleeve, and a cinch member. An elongated inner shaft may extend through and be longitudinally movable within the elongated shaft, sleeve, cutter, cinch sleeve, and cinch member. The inner shaft may be actuated to cinch and cut one or more suture disposed within the device.