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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Russell F. Durgin, Attleboro, MA (US);
William C. Mers Kelly, Crestwood, KY (US);
Lance Alan Wolf, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Brian Keith Wells, LaGrange, KY (US);
Vasily P. Abramov, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory R. Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Russell F. Durgin, Attleboro, MA (US);
William C. Mers Kelly, Crestwood, KY (US);
Lance Alan Wolf, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Brian Keith Wells, LaGrange, KY (US);
Vasily P. Abramov, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory R. Furnish, Louisville, KY (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus includes Flexible Sheath extending from a proximal end which extends into living body; Capsule extending from a proximal to a distal end and having an opening formed in a proximal end thereof; Clip Assembly provided in Capsule and configured to be operably movable between a closed configuration in which first and second arms of Clip Assembly are drawn toward one another and an expanded configuration in which the first and second arms are separated from one another to receive target tissue therebetween; Bushing extending between a proximal end coupled to Sheath and a distal end releasably coupled to Capsule via a tab on the distal end of Bushing engaging the opening of Capsule; and Control Member a distal end of which is releasably coupled to Clip Assembly to transmit to Clip Assembly forces applied thereto to move Clip Assembly between the insertion and expanded configurations.