RELOADABLE CLIP WITH A FLARING CAPSULE DEFORMATION

Organization Name

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor(s)

Collin Murray of Bolton MA (US)

Henry Stock of Sanbornton NH (US)

Laurie A. Lehtinen of Boylston MA (US)

Caitlyn Bintz Ashton of Hudson MA (US)

RELOADABLE CLIP WITH A FLARING CAPSULE DEFORMATION

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18818036 titled 'RELOADABLE CLIP WITH A FLARING CAPSULE DEFORMATION

Original Abstract Submitted

A clipping system includes a clip having a pair of clip arms, proximal ends of the clip arms slidably received within a channel of a capsule to be moved between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A proximal end of the capsule including connecting tabs extending proximally therefrom. An applicator includes an elongated flexible member and a control member extending therethrough. The control member includes a distal end connected to the clip arms to move the clip assembly between the open and closed configurations. A distal end of the elongated flexible member includes a bushing including a first ramped surface, along which the connecting tabs slide along to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the bushing, and a second ramped surface proximal of the first ramped surface, the connecting tabs slidable along the second ramped surface to plastically deform toward a deployed configuration.