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US 11,883,023 B2Granted
Locking mechanisms for grasping devices and methods of use
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsRamon Estevez, Paul Smith, Kathryn Venuto, Christopher R. Deuel, Douglas Melanson, Ian Bourdon
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Abstract
A tissue fastening device includes a body including a plurality of sidewalls defining a channel, an anvil having a proximal end and a distal end and pivotally coupled to the body and the anvil moves between an open position and a closed position, and a locking mechanism to lock the anvil in the closed position.
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A tissue fastening device, the device comprising:
- a body including a plurality of sidewalls defining a channel;
- an anvil having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion includes a tissue engaging surface, wherein the anvil is pivotally coupled to the body at a pivot between the proximal portion and the distal portion, wherein the anvil is configured to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein the proximal portion of the anvil includes a notch extending into a surface of the anvil, and wherein the pivot is disposed between the notch and the distal portion of the anvil;
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- a locking mechanism configured to engage with the notch so as to lock the anvil in the closed position, wherein, in the closed position, the notch extends into the surface of the anvil in a direction that is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the anvil, wherein the longitudinal axis of the anvil extends from the proximal portion of the anvil to the distal portion of the anvil.
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A tissue fastening device, the device comprising:
- a body including a plurality of sidewalls defining a channel;
- an anvil having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion includes a tissue engaging surface, wherein the anvil is pivotably coupled to the body at a pivot, wherein the anvil is configured to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein the proximal portion of the anvil includes a notch extending into a surface of the anvil, wherein the pivot is disposed between the notch and the distal portion of the anvil, wherein the anvil is pivotably coupled to the body at the pivot;
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- a locking mechanism configured to engage with the notch so as to lock the anvil in the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.