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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Inventors:

Ryan Evers, Billerica, MA (US);

Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US);

Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);

Narunn Suon, Lawrence, MA (US);

Assignee:

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00486 (2013.01); A61B 2034/715 (2016.02);
Abstract

A medical device, comprising a fastening assembly, wherein the fastening assembly includes an adapter defining an opening therethrough, a fastener releasably coupled to the adapter, wherein the fastener includes at least two jaws pivotable relative to one another, the fastener having a first configuration wherein the jaws are open and a second configuration wherein the jaws are closed, and at least one cable coupled to the fastener and the adapter, the at least one cable being configured to apply tension to the fastener to transition between the first configuration and the second configuration while the fastener is coupled to the adapter, and to control release of the fastener from the adapter.


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