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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:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Laura E. Christakis, Framingham, MA (US);

Paul Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);

Ryan V. Wales, Northborough, MA (US);

Scott E. Brechbiel, Acton, MA (US);

Jeff Gray, Sudbury, MA (US);

Sean P. Fleury, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0406 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0479 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to apparatus, devices, and methods for increasing force distribution at a suture-tissue interface. In some embodiments, a tissue suturing device may include a deployment device and a plurality of tissue supports deployable from the deployment device towards a target tissue. The plurality of tissue supports may each include a central opening for receiving a suture during deployment.


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