Patent ID: 11957359
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A tissue clipping device for treating a tissue opening, comprising:
a first arm pivotally coupled to a second arm, the first arm including a tissue penetrating element extending from the first arm toward the second arm, wherein the first and second arms are movable relative to one another between an open configuration, in which a first distal end of the first arm and a second distal end of the second arm are separated from one another to receive tissue therebetween, and a closed configuration, in which the first distal end is moved toward the second distal end to grip the tissue, the second arm including a receiving feature configured to releasably receive the tissue penetrating element when the first and second arms are brought into the closed configuration; and
a suture including a loop at a distal end thereof, the suture extending through the device to engage, in an initial configuration, a second arm suture linking feature of the second arm and wherein the first arm includes a first arm suture linking feature including a hook configured so that, when the first and second arms are brought from the open configuration to the closed configuration with the loop in the initial configuration, the hook grabs the loop so that, upon subsequent movement of the first and second arms to the open configuration, the loop is pulled by the hook out of engagement with the second arm.