Patent ID: 11937796
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. An apparatus, comprising:
a tissue-spreader assembly configured to be selectively inserted into a patient having a first biological tissue and a second biological tissue being positioned proximate to the first biological tissue, and to be maneuvered proximate to the second biological tissue; and
the tissue-spreader assembly further configured to selectively engage, at least in part, an area of the second biological tissue without engaging the first biological tissue after the tissue-spreader assembly, in use, is maneuvered proximate to the second biological tissue; and
the tissue-spreader assembly also configured to selectively spread, at least in part, the area of the second biological tissue, and maintain the area of the second biological tissue in a spread-apart condition after the tissue-spreader assembly, in use, selectively engages, at least in part, the area of the second biological tissue without engaging the first biological tissue; wherein:
the tissue-spreader assembly includes:
prongs being movable between an undeployed condition and a deployed condition; and
the prongs being configured to engage, at least in part, the area of the second biological tissue; and wherein:
the prongs include:
hollow tubes with open portals being configured to face the second biological tissue; and
said open portals being configured to be embedded, at least in part, into the second biological tissue.