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

Claim 17:
18. A method of manipulating tissue with a tissue-manipulating device, said method comprising:
extending a tissue-manipulating device through a distal tissue wall to move a distal end of the tissue-manipulating device distal to the distal tissue wall, the tissue-manipulating device comprising a shaft with a longitudinal axis and a tissue grasper assembly, the tissue grasper assembly comprising at least one resiliently extendable grasper arm in a closed configuration extending along the shaft and with at least a portion of the at least one grasper arm within the shaft when the tissue-manipulating device, including a distal portion of the shaft, is extended through the distal tissue wall;
actuating a tissue-manipulating device controller to extend the at least one resiliently extendable grasper arm from inside the shaft to outside the shaft to allow the at least one resiliently extendable grasper arm to expand into an open configuration extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shaft distal to the distal tissue wall; and
moving the tissue-manipulating device proximally to engage the at least one grasper arm with the distal tissue wall and to move the distal tissue wall proximally.