Medical device locking assemblies and methods of using the same

US11957408B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited · IE

Inventors

• Katrina HANSEN · Denver, US
• John B. Golden · Norton, US
• Bernadette Durr · Santa Clara, US
• Gregory Thomas HUGHES · Hanson, US
• David J. Callaghan · Boston, US
• Balaji Aswatha NARAYANA · Kanchinakote, IN
• Subodh MOREY · Ponda, IN
• Junaid Mohammed Shaikh · Amroli, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2024
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/0089
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device that includes a handle, a sheath extending from the handle, and a tool within the sheath and movable relative to the sheath. The handle includes an inner body and an outer body disposed over the inner body. The outer body is movable relative to the inner body. The handle includes a first actuator secured to the tool. The first actuator has an actuated state permitting movement of the tool relative to the sheath in response to moving the outer body relative to the inner body. The handle includes a second actuator secured to the sheath. The second actuator has an actuated state permitting movement of the sheath relative to the tool in response to moving the second actuator relative to the outer body. An unactuated state of the first actuator and an unactuated state of the second actuator prevents movement of the tool relative to the sheath.