Patent ID: 11896229
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A tissue manipulating device comprising:
a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and having a proximal end and a distal end;
a tissue grasper assembly along the distal end of said shaft and comprising one or more resilient grasper arms expandable between a closed configuration extending along the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and an open configuration outside said shaft and with said one or more grasper arms extending transversely away from the longitudinal axis of said shaft;
a grasper surface, associated with at least one of said grasper arms, shaped and configured to engage a body tissue; and
a controller coupled to said tissue grasper assembly via a controller coupling and configured to move said grasper arms between the closed configuration and the open configuration;
wherein:
in the closed configuration of said one or more grasper arms, said one or more grasper arms are positioned to present an atraumatic convex surface to body tissue; and
in the open configuration of said one or more grasper arms, said grasper surface of said at least one grasper arm is directed toward the proximal end of said shaft to engage body tissue.