Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stapler for forming multiple tissue plications
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Application No.: US15873078Application Date: 2018-01-17
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Publication No.: US10743869B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: David H. Cole , Jesica Ferro , Bretton Swope , Tyler Grubb , Daniel Balbierz
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/30

Abstract:
A stapling device for forming multiple tissue plications without needing to reload the device between plications is described. The device includes staple and anvil housings that move toward and away from a tissue-capture position. A cartridge holder in the staple housing supports a cartridge with multiple groups of offset staple slots, where the slots in each group are circularly arrayed about a cartridge center axis. A staple driver in the staple housing carries a plurality of arms for engaging and ejecting the staples in a first group of staples in the cartridge, when a tissue fold is captured between the cartridge assembly and anvil in the anvil housing. When the staple driver is retracted, after a tissue plication is formed, the cartridge assembly and tissue drive are indexed to eject the next-up group of staples.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180140297A1 STAPLER FOR FORMING MULTIPLE TISSUE PLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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