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US 12,569,245 B2Granted
Suture based closure device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsShaun D. Comee, Dennis B. Hubbard, Jr., Jason R. Lebeau, Norman C. May, Paul Smith, Robert B. DeVries, Christopher R. Deuel, Stan Robert Gilbert
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Abstract
A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.
Claims20
A suture device comprising:
- a needle configured to be coupled with a suture;
- a distal shuttle configured to releasably engage the needle;
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- a locking member axially slidably disposed over the distal shuttle to be actuated to move between a locked position in which the locking member secures the needle with respect to the distal shuttle, and an unlocked position in which the needle is releasable from being locked with respect to the locking member;
- wherein the locking member comprises a sleeve configured to receive the distal shuttle and axially slidable over the distal shuttle.
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A suture device comprising:
- a needle configured to be coupled with a suture;
- a distal shuttle configured to releasably engage the needle in a locked position and to disengage the proximal detents of the needle in an unlocked position;
- a locking member axially slidable with respect to the distal shuttle and comprising a sleeve configured to receive the distal shuttle and axially slidable over the distal shuttle;
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- a handle assembly including a proximal handle and a translating handle, the translating handle slidingly disposed distal to the proximal handle to axially translate the locking member with respect to the distal shuttle to move the distal shuttle between the locked position and the unlocked position.
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A suture device comprising:
- a needle configured to be coupled with a suture;
- a distal shuttle configured to releasably engage the needle;
- one or more locking elements radially movable with respect to the needle between an engaged position with the needle, in which axial movement of the needle with respect to the distal shuttle is inhibited, and an unengaged position with the needle in which axial movement of the needle with respect to the distal shuttle is uninhibited;
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- a locking member comprising a sleeve configured to receive the distal shuttle and axially slidable between a position engaging the one or more locking elements and a position unengaged with the one or more locking elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.