Patent ID: 11957330
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A medical device for cinching and cutting one or more suture, the medical device comprising:
a shaft defining a shaft lumen;
a sleeve having a sleeve lumen, the sleeve attached to the shaft;
a cutter slidable within the sleeve lumen;
a cinch sleeve defining a cinch lumen, the cinch sleeve releasably coupled to the cutter, wherein the cinch sleeve is releasably coupled to the cutter via a releasable connection between the cinch sleeve and the cutter, wherein the cutter has a distal tapered region configured to engage a proximally tapered section of the cinch lumen in a friction fit;
a cinch member defining a cinch member lumen, the cinch member including at least a proximal portion configured to fit within the cinch lumen; and
an inner shaft extending through and longitudinally movable within the shaft lumen, the sleeve lumen, the cinch lumen, and the cinch member lumen;
wherein at least one of the cutter and sleeve define a cutting surface, wherein the cutter is slidable between a distal position configured to allow one or more suture to be loaded into the medical device, and a proximal position configured to cut the one or more suture.