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

Claim 7:
8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein:
the tissue-spreader assembly includes:
a first tube; and
a second tube configured to be received within, and along, a longitudinal length of the first tube; and
the first tube and the second tube being coaxially aligned with each other after the second tube is received within, and along, the longitudinal length of the first tube; and
biased bowed portions, the prongs extending from the biased bowed portions; and
the biased bowed portions being configured to be positioned between the first tube and the second tube after the tissue-spreader assembly is placed in the undeployed condition; and
the biased bowed portions also being configured to be compressed after the tissue-spreader assembly is placed in the undeployed condition.