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

Claim 10:
11. A tissue grasper assembly comprising:
a capsule having a longitudinal axis;
one or more resilient grasper arms expandable between a closed configuration extending along the longitudinal axis of said capsule, and an open configuration outside said capsule with said one or more grasper arms extending transversely away from the longitudinal axis of said capsule;
a grasper surface, associated with at least one of said grasper arms, shaped and configured to engage a body tissue; and
a controller coupling coupled to at least one of said grasper arms and movable to move said at least one grasper arm 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 present an atraumatic convex surface to body tissue; and
in the open configuration of said one or more grasper arms, said grasper surface is directed proximally toward said capsule to engage body tissue.