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20080221618 | CO-EXTRUDED TISSUE GRASPING MONOFILAMENT - A co-extruded tissue grasping monofilament and a method for making the same. The monofilament includes a core made of a first material and extending along a length of said monofilament, and a plurality of tissue grasping elements extending outwardly from the core at least along a predetermined portion of the length of the monofilament. The plurality of tissue grasping elements are made of a second, different material having a greater stiffness than the first material. The method for making the monofilament is by co-extrusion. | 09-11-2008 |
20080234727 | Novel Carriers For Coating Growth Factors Onto Sutures - A suture coated with a composition comprising:
| 09-25-2008 |
20080234728 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEART VALVE REPAIR - Devices and methods provide enhanced treatment of a cardiac valve annulus. Methods generally involve contacting an anchor delivery device with the valve annulus and releasing a plurality of coupled anchors from the anchor delivery device to secure the anchors to the annulus. Anchors, which in some embodiments are super-elastic or shape memory self-securing anchors, are then drawn together to tighten the annulus. Devices generally include an elongate catheter having a housing at or near the distal end for releasably housing a plurality of coupled anchors. The housing may be flexible, may conform to a valve annulus, and in some embodiments may be coupled with an expandable member to enhance contact of the housing with annular tissue. In one embodiment, self-securing anchors lie approximately flat within the delivery device housing, allowing anchors with relatively large deployed shapes to be housed in and deployed from a relatively narrow delivery device. | 09-25-2008 |
20080243183 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CLOSING THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE - Described here are devices, systems and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. Some of the methods described here utilize one or more guide members having alignment members to aid in positioning of a closure device. In general, these methods include advancing a first guide having a first alignment member into the left atrial appendage, advancing a second guide, having a second alignment member, into the pericardial space, aligning the first and second alignment members, advancing a left atrial appendage closure device into the pericardial space and adjacent to the left atrial appendage, and closing the left atrial appendage with the closure device. In these variations, the closure device typically has an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a closure element at least partially housed within the elongate body. The closure element comprises a loop defining a continuous aperture therethrough. | 10-02-2008 |
20080255611 | SELF-RETAINING SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES - The present invention relates generally to self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, methods of manufacturing self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, and their uses. | 10-16-2008 |
20080255612 | SELF-RETAINING SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES - The present invention relates generally to self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, methods of manufacturing self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, and their uses. | 10-16-2008 |
20080262542 | Method of Performing a Cosmetic Operation - A surgical thread for cosmetic surgery is provided with serially arranged inclined-notched protrusions ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080275502 | Lifting instrument for removing skinfolds and plasty method of removing skinfolds using the same - Disclosed therein are lifting instrument and method of removing skinfolds. The lifting instrument for removing skinfolds includes: a Gore-tex thread with a thickness ranging from 1.0 mm to 2.3 mm used for lifting skin tissues after being combined to the skin tissues; and needles disposed on at least one side of the Gore-tex thread, each needle having an arrow-like fluent curve and a straight line length ranging from 40 mm to 140 mm. | 11-06-2008 |
20080275503 | METHOD OF HEART VALVE REPAIR - Catheter based systems and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems and methods employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty. | 11-06-2008 |
20080281355 | Joining Element - Disclosed is a joining element ( | 11-13-2008 |
20080287990 | Elongated Surgical Repair Product Based on Uhmwpe Filaments - The invention relates to an elongated surgical repair product comprising an elongated member of core-sheath structure, wherein the core contains a plurality of high-strength ultra-high molar mass polyethylene (UHMWPE) filaments, and wherein the elongated member has a UHMWPE sheath that is substantially non-porous. This product combines high tensile strength, good flexibility and favourable knotting characteristics. The invention also relates to a process of making said elongated surgical repair product, comprising a step wherein an elongated precursor member containing a plurality of UHMWPE filaments is subjected to a heat treatment while keeping the filaments under tension. | 11-20-2008 |
20080294193 | UNITARY SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD - Unitary surgical devices ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080312688 | Bi-directional Barbed Suture - Surgical sutures having a core extending along a length thereof between a first end and a second end, and a plurality of sets of first and second projections, wherein the first projections extend in a direction of a first end of the suture and the second projections extend in a direction of a second end of the suture. The first projections may be sized and shaped, and positioned relative to the second projections so as to be capable of substantially shielding the second projections when the surgical suture is drawn through tissue by the second end thereof. The first projections may additionally or alternatively be capable of overlapping and substantially covering a distal end of the respective second projections when the suture is drawn through tissue by the second end. | 12-18-2008 |
20090012560 | SELF-RETAINING SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES - The present invention relates generally to self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, methods of manufacturing self-retaining systems for surgical procedures, and their uses. | 01-08-2009 |
20090018580 | Surgical Method and Apparatus - A surgical method and apparatus is provided for reducing the effects of aging skin. SSTFM under the skin is engaged through an incision by a suture needle that carries a suture. The sutured SSTFM is lifted, and sutured to a fixed facial structure such as a ligament, bone, periosteum or deep facia (hereby reattaching the tissue under the skin to the fixed facial structure. | 01-15-2009 |
20090036923 | Systems and methods for accommodating anatomical characteristics in the treatment of septal defects - Systems and methods for treating internal tissue defects, such as septal defects, with implantable devices are provided. An exemplary clip-based device includes a tubular body having at least a deflectable anchors coupled thereto. The anchors can be coupled on opposite ends of the tubular body and configured to deflect between an undeployed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, each anchor extends outwardly away from the tubular body in a position configured to abut a tissue surface. The anchors are preferably configured to maintain a tissue wall therebetween and at least partially close any opening in the tissue wall. Also provided are delivery devices for delivering the implantable closure device and methods for using the various devices. | 02-05-2009 |
20090043336 | BARBED SUTURE WITH NON-SYMMETRIC BARBS - A suture including a shaft extending longitudinally along a length of the suture, and a plurality of barbs extending outwardly from said shaft. At least one of the barbs is non-symmetrical about a primary plane extending along the longitudinal length of the suture, and bisecting a distal tip of the barb and a center of the shaft. | 02-12-2009 |
20090048627 | Method for Patterning a Medical Device - The present disclosure provides a method for forming a color pattern on a medical device. | 02-19-2009 |
20090062851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFT TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION - Suture-based fasteners and fastening methods for soft tissue reconstruction are described that can include a needle tip swaged onto two sutures and loaded onto the end of a curved needle shaft. The needle shaft and tip can be driven through the tissues to be sutured and back out to where the needle tip can make a permanent connection with a locking bead. The needle shaft can be retracted, leaving two sutures extending from the side of the bead. One suture can be of nonabsorbable material and can be brought through the end of the locking bead opposite the tip and pulled to tighten the suture loop. The other suture can be of an absorbable material and can be used to rotate the locking bead under one of the layers of tissue being sutured after the suture loop is tightened. Following rotation, the second suture can be trimmed. | 03-05-2009 |
20090062852 | ANNULAR REPAIR DEVICE AND METHODS - Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods to repair, bridge and protect defects in an annular ligament, such as an annulotomy site or other defect in the annulus fibrosis, wherein loops of suture are placed through the adjacent walls of the defect forming an “annular net” to prevent recurrent disc herniation. The devices and systems include a first and second suture and first and second suture delivery elements that are operatively associated with the first and second sutures and arranged to pass distal regions of the first and second sutures through an annular fibrosis adjacent the annular defect. The devices and systems also include a suture grasping member that grasps the distal regions of the sutures and retracts to pull the distal regions of the first and second sutures through the annular defect. | 03-05-2009 |
20090069845 | Method and apparatus for re-attaching the labrum of a hip joint - A method and apparatus for re-attaching the labrum of a hip joint. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069846 | TENDON REPAIR - An assembly is described for repairing torn tendons by reattaching them to a bone, in particular although not exclusively for repairing a torn rotator cuff tendon, which allows for reduction of the gap between the tendon and the humerus by pushing the tendon onto its attachment site. Also described is a method of repairing a torn rotator cuff tendon by pushing it onto its attachment site and suturing through the humeral head. | 03-12-2009 |
20090076543 | Method of Forming Barbs on a Suture - A method is provided for forming a barbed medical device which includes the steps of providing a blank workpiece and forming at least one barb on the blank workpiece by applying vibrational energy to a tool and bringing the tool and the blank workpiece into contact with each other at an angle such that the tool cuts into the surface of the blank workpiece. A barbed medical device formed by this method is also provided. | 03-19-2009 |
20090082805 | ADJUSTABLE KNOTLESS LOOPS - Methods of attaching a soft tissue to an adjacent bone at a defect site are provided. At least one adjustable loop of a flexible construct is passed through the soft tissue. The at least one adjustable loop is passed through a passage construct. A locking member is passed through the at least one adjustable loop and the adjustable loop is reduced about or within the locking member such that the at least one loop is frictionally retained in the passage construct and locked in place by the locking member to thereby secure the soft tissue. | 03-26-2009 |
20090099597 | SUTURE ASSEMBLY WITH TISSUE ENGAGING ELEMENTS - Multiple embodiments of a suture assembly for use with tissue are provided. One suture assembly includes a tubular body having a plurality of tissue engaging elements formed from the tubular body. An outer surface is disposed on each tissue engaging element, and the outer surface contacts the tissue. An interior surface is disposed on each tissue engaging element, and the interior surface accepts tissue growth. A supporting member joins and separates two tissue engaging elements. Another embodiment offers a suture assembly comprising a tubular body and a plurality of tissue engaging elements are formed from the tubular body. Each tissue engaging element has an outer surface that contacts the tissue. A supporting member joins and separates two tissue engaging elements. | 04-16-2009 |
20090105753 | SUTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A non-braided suture and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The suture can be woven, for example, from warp yarns and a fill yarn. The suture can have a sheath. The sheath can have a lubricious coating on the inside and the outside of the sheath. The suture can have a textured surface. The suture can furcate. Methods of using the suture are also disclosed. | 04-23-2009 |
20090105754 | TENDON REPAIR USING TENSION-SLIDE TECHNIQUE - Tension-slide techniques and reconstruction systems for tendon surgical repairs. The technique improves the biomechanics of the combined fixation and helps overcome surgeons' concerns about rapid return to ADLs. The technique reliably seats the tendon against the distal cortex of the bone socket, maximizing the surface area for bone to tendon healing. The technique takes advantage of cortical fixation, while providing the unique advantage of minimizing gap formation and minimizes surgical dissection by performing the surgery through a single incision technique. | 04-23-2009 |
20090131980 | Tendon Cap and method for tendon repair - A method and apparatus for joining opposite ends of a severed tendon or ligament. A core suture is attached to one of the severed ends. A cap is attached to the severed end by the core suture. The cap protects the severed end from trauma and fraying as it is pulled back toward the opposite severed end of the tendon. The cap is removed prior to reattachment of the severed ends. The cap may have a coating applied to it to reduce friction and add other properties such as improved healing to the tendon after it is reattached. | 05-21-2009 |
20090143819 | COATINGS FOR MODIFYING MONOFILAMENT AND MULTI-FILAMENTS SELF-RETAINING SUTURES - The present invention provides that coatings applied to natural, synthetic and recombinant expressed polymer filaments can be used to modify the properties of monofilament and multifilament self-retaining sutures. In an embodiment of the invention, the coating enables the suture to be easily inserted into tissue, whereupon the extended interaction of the coating and the tissue increase the ability of the tissue retainers to hold the suture in the tissue. In an embodiment of the present invention, the coated polymers have a melting point in the range from between approximately 40° C. to approximately 180° C. while retaining tensile strength. In an embodiment of the invention, the increased strength is due in part to the tissue specific reaction generated by the suture coating. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143820 | TISSUE REPAIR DEVICE AND FABRICATION THEREOF - A device for use in tissue repair procedures, a surgical tissue repair procedure, and a method of making the device. Specifically, the device is an assembly of a cannulated anchor member with a cord passed through it, and a stopper mounted to an end of the cord to prevent the cord from passing back through the anchor member. | 06-04-2009 |
20090157118 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CLOSING THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE - Described here are devices, systems and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. Some of the methods described here utilize one or more guide members having alignment members to aid in positioning of a closure device. In general, these methods include advancing a first guide having a first alignment member into the left atrial appendage, advancing a second guide, having a second alignment member, into the pericardial space, aligning the first and second alignment members, advancing a left atrial appendage closure device into the pericardial space and adjacent to the left atrial appendage, and closing the left atrial appendage with the closure device. In these variations, the closure device typically has an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a closure element at least partially housed within the elongate body. The closure element comprises a loop defining a continuous aperture therethrough. | 06-18-2009 |
20090177228 | Coated suture thread and production thereof - Disclosed is a coated suture thread comprising a matrix formed by an immobilized and crosslinked plurality of fibrinogen layers into and/or onto which one or several pharmacological substances that inhibit tissue break-down, such as MMP inhibitors and/or corticosteroids and/or COX inhibitors, are attached and/or associated. Further, a method of producing such a coated suture thread as well as the use thereof for suturing damaged tissue, such as damaged tendon, ligament, intestine and/or skin, are described. | 07-09-2009 |
20090204146 | Method for Soft Tissue Attachment - An apparatus and method for fixing a selected graft relative to a selected anatomical portion. An anchor may be provided that may be interconnected with a selected graft portion that is operable to pass through a selected bore and then moved into an operable position to engage a selected portion of the bore to substantially eliminate the possibility of the graft moving in an unselected direction through the bore. In addition, a spacer member may be used to expand a selected portion of the graft to reduce localized stress and may increase ingrowth into a selected bony portion. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210003 | SURGICAL SUTURE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR THE APPLICATION THEREOF - A surgical suture material and a method to the use thereof are represented by different needles and surgical threads. The main embodiments comprises a needle ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090210004 | VASCULAR HOLE CLOSURE DEVICE - A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall comprising a covering member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture and a first spherical retainer positionable external of the vessel. The covering member has a dimension to prevent egress of fluid through the aperture. | 08-20-2009 |
20090210005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLACING HYOID BONE - A system and method for moving a hyoid bone closer to thyroid cartilage in a patient. Systems and methods may comprise sutures, suture anchors, clips and grommets to move the hyoid bone closer to the thyroid cartilage. | 08-20-2009 |
20090216269 | MULTICOMPONENT FUSED SUTURE LOOP AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SAME - A fused loop of an elongated material, such as a surgical suture, and apparatus for making the loop are described. Portions of one or more segments of elongated material may be fused in an ultrasonic welding process to form a welded joint. Multiple materials each with different a different melting point may be used for one or more fibers within the elongated material. The elongated material may include a sheath, which may be used to protect a core within the elongated material. A fused region of the fused loop may be formed when a material with a lower melting temperature, compared to one or more other materials in the elongated material, is caused to melt. A related ultrasonic welding apparatus may include a temperature sensor for control of the welding process. | 08-27-2009 |
20090248066 | Elastic barbed suture and tissue support system - A tissue support and reinforcement system uses a barbed suture capable of stretching elastically in order to allow the sutured area to act like natural tissue. This is particularly useful in cosmetic surgery. | 10-01-2009 |
20090248067 | Anchoring Device - An anchoring device having an elongate body at a proximal portion, a distal portion of the elongate body forming a loop at a distal portion of the anchoring device. The loop further includes a plurality of anchors disposed along a surface thereof and the loop also including an end effector. Methods for securing anchoring devices of the present disclosure are also disclosed. | 10-01-2009 |
20090259251 | LOOP SUTURE - The present disclosure relates to a suture having a proximal end defining a first outer diameter and a distal end configured to accommodate the proximal end of the suture to form a closed loop stitch. | 10-15-2009 |
20090264924 | Surgical device and method - A surgical device and method for fixation of a tissue graft into a bone is disclosed. A strand is coupled with the tissue graft. A guide wire is coupled with the strand. The tissue graft is positioned within a socket of the bone and a cannulated screw is driven along the guide wire and into the bone socket to form an interference fixation of the tissue and the tissue graft. The strand attached to the tissue graft is retracted from the bone socket through a strand aperture of the socket. The guide wire is then removed from the bone socket. A loop may be transposed between, and coupling, the tissue graft and the strand. The guide wire may alternatively be coupled with the loop and/or the strand. The tissue graft may be a tendon tissue or a bone-tendon-bone graft. | 10-22-2009 |
20090264925 | Poly(Trimethylene)Terephthalate Filaments And Articles Made Therefrom - Poly(trimethylene)terephthalate filaments are used alone or in combination with other types of filaments to make medical or surgical devices and to achieve wound closure or tissue approximation. | 10-22-2009 |
20090275979 | MONOFILAMENT SUTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a monofilament suture and a preparation method thereof, more specifically, to a novel monofilament suture wherein two polymers having identical inherent properties are spun to have a cross-sectional structure of conjugated filaments, and said cross-section has interfaces between the spun polymers. The interfaces form a discontinuous cross-section along the radial direction and are distributed continuously along the fiber axis direction, thereby offering improved knot security and applicability to a variety of medical materials, and a preparation method thereof. | 11-05-2009 |
20090287245 | Surgical Composite Barbed Suture - In one embodiment, a medical device includes an elongate member configured to be inserted into a body. The elongate member has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The elongate member includes a retaining member extending from the elongate member. The retaining member is configured to anchor the elongate member with respect to bodily tissue. The first end portion of the elongate member includes a coupling portion configured to be coupled to a filament. The second end portion of the elongate member includes a coupling portion configured to be coupled to the filament. | 11-19-2009 |
20090299407 | Methods For Using Looped Tissue-Grasping Devices - A method for repairing friable tissue having a defect therein includes providing a looped barbed suture having a plurality of barbs extending outwardly therefrom along at least a portion of a length thereof, and having first and second ends, first and second end portions and a middle portion therebetween. The first and second ends are fixedly coupled to a single needle, and the plurality of barbs extends outwardly away from the needle. The steps further include placing the looped barbed suture around an outer surface of the friable tissue in a spaced apart configuration and so as to extend across the defect, passing the needle through the friable tissue and around the middle portion of the looped barbed suture one or more times at the middle portion, and removing the needle from the looped barbed suture. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306709 | SURGICAL REPAIR PRODUCT COMPRISING UHMWPE FILAMENTS - The invention relates to an elongate surgical repair product comprising a cable of which bending stiffness can be lowered, which fibrous member is a heat-set cable comprising at least 50 mass % of high-performance polyethylene yarn. The product shows very high tenacity, combined with a relatively high initial bending stiffness that is significantly reduced upon bending or flexing the member, without significant dimensional change; and allows both easy and well-controlled handling and good knot tying characteristics. The invention also relates to a method of making said clongate product. | 12-10-2009 |
20090312791 | COLLAPSIBLE BARBED SUTURES HAVING REDUCED DRAG AND METHODS THEREFOR - A barbed suture includes a flexible thread having a leading end and a trailing end, and a plurality of barbs projecting from the flexible thread. The flexible thread has a plurality of web-like openings formed therein, whereby each of the openings is disposed adjacent one of the barbs. The openings enhance the flexibility of the barbs and provide space for the barbs to collapse inwardly as the leading end of the flexible thread is pulled through a medium such as tissue. When the barbs are collapsed, the diameter of the barbed sections is preferably no greater than the diameter of the non-barbed sections. In one embodiment, a support element interconnects at least one of the barbs and the flexible thread for reinforcing the at least one barb and resisting flexure of the at least one barb toward the leading end of the flexible thread. | 12-17-2009 |
20090312792 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR SYSTEM - A suture anchor delivery system includes a handle having a needle extending therefrom. A suture anchor assembly is slidably received on the needle. The suture anchor assembly includes a proximal anchor, a distal anchor, and a suture extending therebetween. The suture is secured to the proximal anchor by forming a loop in the suture and passing the loop at least partially through a passageway in the proximal anchor. One end of the suture is then secured to the distal anchor. The other end of the suture is passed through the loop and terminates in a free end to selectively lock the suture against the proximal anchor. A retraction line is passed through the loop to allow a surgeon to selectively adjust the length of the suture between the two anchors and/or to selectively unlock the suture from the proximal anchor. | 12-17-2009 |
20090318959 | TECHNIQUE FOR TISSUE FIXATION BY CAPTURING AND ANCHORING A LINK OF SUTURE CHAIN ATTACHED TO TISSUE - A method and device for knotless fixation of tissue. The method utilizes a push-in type anchor (for example, a self-punching anchor) and a suture chain that includes a plurality of loops. A first portion of the suture chain is secured to the tissue to be fixated. The suture chain is next secured to the push-in type anchor (for example, by passing the suture chain through an eyelet of the anchor). The anchor is then advanced along the suture chain to bring a tip of the anchor above a chosen loop or link of the suture chain. The tip of the anchor is pushed through the chosen loop so that the tip locks the chosen loop in place (for example, by capturing both sides of the link above a shoulder of the anchor). With the captured link, the anchor is advanced into a pilot hole or socket formed in the bone to fixate the tissue. The captured link provides a hard stop that does not slip, in addition to frictional interference between the anchor and the bone socket. | 12-24-2009 |
20090318960 | METHOD OF KNOTLESS TISSUE FIXATION WITH CRISS-CROSS SUTURE PATTERN - A knotless tissue fixation (such as an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair) with a criss-cross suture pattern. The criss-cross pattern is obtained by (i) providing a first medial row constructed with a first plurality of fixation devices, at least one of the first plurality of fixation devices being an anchor; (ii) providing a second lateral row constructed with a second plurality of fixation devices, at least one of the second plurality of fixation devices being a knotless fixation device; and (iii) providing a structure formed of suture, suture chain, tape or allograft/biological component, and extending the structure in a criss-cross pattern, over the soft tissue, so that the structure is secured in place by the anchors. | 12-24-2009 |
20090318961 | Method and Apparatus for Coupling Soft Tissue to a Bone - A method and apparatus for surgically repairing a tear in soft tissue is disclosed. A plurality of collapsible tubes are positioned about the suture. The collapsible tubes are pushed through soft tissue and orthopedic mesh on opposite sides of a tear in soft tissue. When tension is applied to the suture, the tubes are compressed to fix the suture to the soft tissue and draw the soft tissue portions together. | 12-24-2009 |
20090318962 | SURGICAL SUTURES INCORPORATED WITH STEM CELLS OR OTHER BIOACTIVE MATERIALS - Materials and Methods for immobilizing bioactive molecules, stem and other precursor cells, and other agents of therapeutic value in surgical sutures and other tissue scaffold devices are described herein. Broadly drawn to the integration and incorporation of bioactive materials into suture constructs, tissue scaffolds and medical devices, the present invention has particular utility in the development of novel systems that enable medical personnel performing surgical and other medical procedures to utilize and subsequently reintroduce bioactive materials extracted from a patient (or their allogenic equivalents) to a wound or target surgical site. | 12-24-2009 |
20100010538 | RESHAPING THE MITRAL VALVE OF A HEART - Assemblies and methods for reshaping a portion of a heart, such as the mitral valve and/or the ventricle, are disclosed. The assemblies include a plurality of tissue anchors and a connecting member extending between the plurality of tissue anchors. The tissue anchors and the connecting member act to reshape a portion of the heart, without the need to gain access to the interior of the heart. | 01-14-2010 |
20100010539 | Differentiation Of Surgical Filaments - The present disclosure relates to a filament for use in surgical procedures. The filament includes a first end with a first tangible indicator and a second end with a second, different tangible indicator. The first and second tangible indicators attribute different surface topographies to the respective first and second ends of the filament to provide a way of differentiating therebetween through tactile engagement. | 01-14-2010 |
20100016889 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANULUS REPAIR - Apparatus and methods facilitates reconstruction of the anulus fibrosus (AF) and/or the nucleus pulposus (NP) to prevent recurrent herniation following microlumbar discectomy. The invention may also be used in the treatment of herniated discs, anular tears of the disc, or disc degeneration, while enabling surgeons to preserve the contained nucleus pulposus. A spinal repair system according to the invention comprises flexible longitudinal fixation components adapted for placement through portions of the AF with intact fibers, a porous mesh reinforcement component adapted for placement over a region of the AF with damaged fibers, and an anti-adhesion component for placement over flexible longitudinal fixation components and the porous mesh component. Preferred embodiments of the invention include an intra-aperture component dimensioned for positioning within a defect in the AF, with one or more components being used to maintain the intra-aperture component in position. One or more lengthwise passageways through the intra-aperture component, one or more lengthwise grooves on the outer surface of the intra-aperture component, or a combination thereof, intentionally facilitate the escape of nucleus pulposus tissue through or around the intra-aperture component in response to pressure applied by the upper and lower vertebral bodies. | 01-21-2010 |
20100016890 | Spool Dip And Overcoat Process For Medical Devices - A system and method for coating a suture are disclosed. The system includes a spool including a core having a suture wrapped thereabout and a dip tank including a first coating composition. The dip tank is configured to submerge the spool therein, thereby coating the suture with the first composition to form a pre-coated suture. The system also includes a coating device including a second coating composition. The coating device is configured to overcoat the pre-coated suture with the second coating composition. | 01-21-2010 |
20100016891 | HETEROGENEOUS YARNS FOR SURGICAL ARTICLES - Heterogeneous yarns containing strands of dissimilar materials are usefull in forming surgical device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023055 | COLLAPSIBLE BARBED SUTURES HAVING REDUCED DRAG AND METHODS THEREFOR - A barbed suture includes a flexible thread having a core with a leading end, a trailing end, and a central axis. The barbed suture includes a first flexible flap connected to the core, the first flap extending between the leading and trailing ends of the core, and a second flexible flap connected to the core, the second flap extending between the leading and trailing ends of the core. The flexible flaps and the core have an S-shaped profile when viewed in cross-section. The barbed suture includes first and second slots formed in the respective first and second flaps for dividing the flaps into first and second barbs projecting from the core, whereby each slot extends outwardly from the core and rearwardly toward the trailing end of the core. | 01-28-2010 |
20100042147 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING OR REPLACING CHORDAE TENDINAE - A method and apparatus for performing mitral valve chordal repair on a patient include attaching at least one filament to a mitral valve leaflet and to a papillary muscle. A first end of a filament can be attached to the mitral valve leaflet and the length of the filament can be adjusted by adjusting the tension of the filament in a catheter. The second end of the filament can be attached to an attachment site. | 02-18-2010 |
20100057123 | RECOMBINANT EXPRESSED BIOADSORBABLE POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE MONOFILAMENT AND MULTI-FILAMENTS SELF-RETAINING SUTURES - The present invention provides polymers made by genetically engineering microorganisms for making a self-retaining suture. In an embodiment of the present invention the genetically engineering microorganisms synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers. In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the genetically engineering microorganisms synthesize polybetahydroxybutyrate (PHB) polymers. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the self-retaining sutures can be made from a copolymer such as polyhydroxybutyratevalerate (PHBV), where the genetically engineering microorganisms produces PHA polymers as the monofilament base material and a different genetically engineering microorganisms produces polyhydroxybutyratevalerate (PHBV) polymers. In various embodiments of the invention, recombinant expressed self-retaining suture materials have a melting point in the range from between approximately 40° C. to approximately 180° C. In various embodiments of the invention, recombinant expressed self-retaining suture materials have extension-to-break strength of between approximately 8% and approximately 42%. | 03-04-2010 |
20100063540 | TAPERED LOOPED SUTURE - A suture including a loop having a tapered surface is provided. The suture includes an elongate body including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion includes first and second overlapping sections and a loop. A proximal end of the first overlapping section may be tapered with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongate body. The first overlapping section may be secured to the second overlapping section proximal of the loop. The overlapping sections may be secured together by at least one method selected from the group consisting of glues, adhesives, epoxies, solvents, heat and ultrasonic energy. | 03-11-2010 |
20100069957 | Coated Filaments - The present disclosure describes a coating for a surgical suture including a vinyl lactam polymer and a lactone polymer. | 03-18-2010 |
20100087855 | BARBED SUTURE IN COMBINATION WITH SURGICAL NEEDLE - A barbed suture for connecting tissue, and a combination surgical needle with a barbed suture. The suture includes an elongated body and a plurality of barbs projecting from the body. Each barb causes the suture to resist movement in an opposite direction from which the barb faces. The disposition of the barbs on the body may be staggered, twist cut multiple spiral, overlapping, or random. Also, the configuration of the barbs may be a certain spirality angle α, barb cut angle θ, barb cut depth, barb cut length, barb cut distance, corrugated barb underside, arcuate barb base, or varying barb size. | 04-08-2010 |
20100087856 | Absorbable bulky multi-filament draw textured yarn, manufacturing method thereof and medical use using them - An absorbable multifilament draw-textured yarn having a bulky structure, and a manufacturing method and medical use thereof The absorbable multifilament draw-textured yarn is obtained by draw-texturing a multifilament made of an absorbable polymer and has bulkiness and a superior soft touch, which are the characteristics of draw-textured yarns. As a result of partially imparting a bulkiness of 150-1000% to the multifilament draw-textured yarn, it is possible to culture cells in the bulky structure, and the multifilament draw-textured yarn is suitable for cell delivery or drug delivery. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094337 | KNOTTED SUTURE END EFFECTOR - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector integrally formed from the body portion. The end effector includes first and second extensions extending outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions. Each of the first and second extensions includes at least one throw. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094338 | HYDROXAMATE-INITIATED POLYMERS - Polymers initiated with hydroxamates and compositions containing such polymers are suitable for use in making medical devices, delivery agents, coatings for such items, and the like. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100126 | KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR AND METHOD FOR KNOTLESSLY SECURING TISSUES - A method for securing first and second tissues with a suture anchor comprising the steps of forming a borehole in the first tissue; threading a suture through the second tissue forming a loop in the suture with the tissue thereby secured in the loop, the loop defining two suture portions; attaching the two suture portions to the anchor whereby the two suture portions are threaded through the anchor and initially movable with respect to the anchor; and providing a force to a shaft of the anchor, the force causing clamping of the two suture portions in the anchor and deformation of a deformable portion of the anchor to cause the deformable portion to engage a wall of the borehole thereby to secure the suture anchor in the first tissue and the loop holding the second tissue to the suture anchor. | 04-22-2010 |
20100114162 | Methods for Tissue Repair - A method of closing a tissue wound includes providing a wound closure device having a first fastener, a second fastener, and a flexible member extending between the first and second fasteners and movably attached to the second fastener by a one-way knot formed in the flexible member between the first and second fastener, positioning the first fastener against tissue, passing the flexible member across the wound, positioning the second fastener against tissue, and pulling on a free end of the flexible member to shorten a length of the flexible member between the first and second fasteners, thereby closing the wound. | 05-06-2010 |
20100137905 | IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA - A system, method and kit for treating obstructive sleep apnea. The system includes a first implant adapted for implantation in an inframandibular region and having at least one aperture therethrough, and a ribbon-like element having first and second ends and a substantially uniform, non-circular cross section along its length. The ribbon-like element is adapted for implantation in a tongue with the first and second ends extending through the at least one aperture in the first implant for coupling the ribbon-like element with the first implant. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145384 | Method for Implanting Soft Tissue - A suture construction and method for forming a suture construction is disclosed. The construction utilizes a suture having an enlarged central body portion defining a longitudinal passage. First and second ends of the suture are passed through first and second apertures associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes constriction of the longitudinal passage, thus preventing relative motions of the captured portions of the suture. | 06-10-2010 |
20100160961 | SURGICAL SUTURES HAVING COLLAPSIBLE TISSUE ANCHORING PROTRUSIONS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A surgical suture includes a shaft having a leading end, a trailing end, and an outer surface extending between the leading and trailing ends. The surgical suture includes a plurality of flexible protrusions extending from the shaft, and a lumen extending between the leading and trailing ends of the shaft. The shaft includes a plurality of openings formed in the outer surface thereof that are in communication with the lumen. The shaft includes a first axial opening at the leading end thereof in communication with the lumen and a second axial opening at the trailing end thereof in communication with the lumen. A flowable material may be disposed in the lumen. After the surgical suture is implanted, the flowable material is adapted to pass from the lumen and through the plurality of openings in the outer surface of the shaft for contacting tissue surrounding the suture. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160962 | SUTURING CONSTRUCT WITH SPLICED TAILS - A surgical construct having a flexible strand with a middle region and at least two opposing tail regions that are spliced to form a single tail. The middle region has a first diameter and the opposing tail regions have a second diameter, which is smaller than the first diameter. The tail regions may have similar or different diameters. Because of the thin spliced tail regions, the suturing construct of the present invention can be easily inserted into suture/tape passing and retrieving instruments and passed through soft tissue (such as a rotator cuff). Once the suturing construct has been passed through tissue, the splice may be cut to allow the suture/tape to have again individual tails. | 06-24-2010 |
20100179591 | PATCH AUGMENTATION OF ACHILLES TENDON REPAIRS - A method according to embodiments of the present invention for repairing an Achilles tendon that has completely or partially ruptured leaving a distal stump extending from a calcaneus and a proximal stump, the proximal stump having a proximal stump end, and the distal stump having a distal stump end, includes attaching a first suture to the distal stump, positioning an augmentation patch against an anterior portion of the Achilles tendon, attaching a second suture to the proximal stump and to the augmentation patch, apposing the proximal stump end and the distal stump end such that a gap between the proximal stump end and distal stump end is minimized or eliminated, joining the first suture with the second suture to secure the proximal stump to the distal stump, and attaching the augmentation patch to the calcaneus. | 07-15-2010 |
20100185236 | WOUND CLOSURE PRODUCT - A wound closure system and a method of closing a wound are disclosed. The disclosure is directed to a wound closure system comprising a skin anchor mechanically attached to external skin tissue on a first side of a generally linear wound, an anchorable tensioning apparatus mechanically attached to external skin tissue on an opposite side of the wound, and a line extending between the skin anchor and the tensioning apparatus to movably connect the anchor to the tensioning apparatus. The line is fixedly engaged with an anchor on one side of the wound while the tensioning apparatus provides tension on the line to draw the skin anchor and the tensioning apparatus toward each other and toward the wound. | 07-22-2010 |
20100191283 | KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHORING DEVICE HAVING DEFORMING SECTION TO ACCOMMODATE SUTURES OF VARIOUS DIAMETERS - An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone, which permit a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. The suturing material between the soft tissue and the bone anchor may be secured without the need for tying a knot. The suture attachment to the bone anchor involves the looping of a length of suture around a suture return member or path within the bone anchor, tightening the suture and attached soft tissue, and compressing the suture against the bone anchor. The bone anchor may be a tubular body having a lumen with a locking plug that compresses the suture therein. One of the components of the locking structure may include a deformable or flexible section, member, or surface. The locking plug may include a shaft and an enlarged head that interferes with the tubular body to provide a positive stop. An actuation rod attached at a frangible section to the shaft may be manipulated by an external handle during locking of the suture within the bone anchor. The bone anchor further may include locking structure for securing itself within a bone cavity. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198257 | Bioactive Substance in a Barbed Suture - Barbed surgical sutures are provided which include an elongated body and a plurality of barbs extending therefrom. A bioactive agent is disposed within barb angles formed between the barbs and the elongated body. The barbs may be made from a shape memory polymer having a permanent shape which may be deformed to a temporary shape, such that barbs of the suture extend at different barb angles in the different shape configurations. The barb angles of the permanent shape may be greater than the barb angles of the temporary shape, thereby exposing and/or releasing a bioactive agent after placement in tissue. | 08-05-2010 |
20100204729 | Tapered Looped Suture - A suture including a loop having a tapered end is provided. The suture includes an elongate body including a proximal end and a distal end and a loop integrally formed on the distal end of the elongate body. At least a portion of the loop includes a shape memory polymeric material. | 08-12-2010 |
20100204730 | Knotted Suture End Effector - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector formed from the body portion. The end effector includes first and second extensions which extend outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions when the end effector is in a permanent configuration. The extensions of the end effector extend substantially along the longitudinal axis when the end effector is in a temporary position. In embodiments, at least a portion of the end effector includes a shape memory material. | 08-12-2010 |
20100217316 | Suture treatment method and kit therefor - A suture method and kit enables health care providers and patients to select colored sutures from a wide variety of colors. The colored sutures enable the patient to adorn a skin wound site so as to more effectively treat the wound with patient input and cooperation. The suturing method involves the steps of assessing a suture site or skin wound; selecting a suturing technique based on the assessed suture site or skin wound; providing a visual depiction of exemplary suture layout schema to the patient, which exemplary suture layout schema are reflective of the selected suturing technique; providing a patient with a selection of suture colors; inviting the patient to select at least one suture color from the suture color palette; selecting at least one suture color from the selection of suture colors; and suturing a suture site with a colored suture as selected by the patent. | 08-26-2010 |
20100217317 | COLORED SUTURE - Suture containing filaments of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMwPE), characterized in that the suture contains a multi-filament yarn that is obtained by a process comprising the steps of: a) Providing a mixture containing UHMwPE, a spinning solvent and a pigment b) Spinning a multi-filament yarn from the mixture by the gel spinning process. | 08-26-2010 |
20100222811 | Tissue Approximation Device - The invention relates to a device and method for approximating two vessels. The device includes a first catheter and a second catheter. The second catheter is slidably disposed in the first catheter. A first expansible member is disposed on the first catheter, and a second expansible member is disposed on the second catheter. The medical device also includes a locking mechanism for interlocking the first catheter and second catheter to prevent relative movement between the first and second catheters. | 09-02-2010 |
20100249831 | LOW CREEP, HIGH STRENGTH UHMWPE FIBRES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - The invention relates to a process for producing gel-spun ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres having high tensile strengths and improved creep rates wherein the UHMWPE used in said process comprises per thousand carbon atoms between 0.1 and 1.3 methyl side groups; and between 0.08 and 0.6 of methyl end groups; and wherein the overall draw ratio (DR | 09-30-2010 |
20100262184 | BIO-ACTIVE CONSTRUCT CREATED BETWEEN FIXATION DEVICE AND SUTURE FIXED IN BONE - Methods and constructs including a fixation device and a suture for fixation of soft tissue to bone, or of soft tissue to soft tissue, which amplifies the body's healing response created by the introduction of the suture material and the material properties of the fixation device. Fixation of soft tissue to bone (or of soft tissue to soft tissue) is conducted using a suture (for example, a suture strand, braid, a suture tape, or a combination thereof) and a fixation device (for example, a bone anchor, implant or screw). The suture and fixation device are manufactured from materials that have properties to amplify the body's healing response. Materials such as synthetic bioresorbable polymers (for example, poly-lactic acid) are utilized in the fabrication of orthopedic fixation devices. Once these materials are introduced into the body and are exposed to in vivo conditions, the devices manufactured with these materials undergo hydrolysis and degrade while maintaining specific mechanical properties over time. | 10-14-2010 |
20100268272 | ANCHORING DEVICE - A medical device having an elongate body at a proximal portion, a distal portion of the elongate body forming a loop at a distal portion of the anchoring device. The loop may further include a plurality of barbs disposed along a surface thereof and the loop also including an end effector. The elongate body, loop, and/or medical device may be formed from shape memory polymers. Methods for securing medical devices of the present disclosure are also disclosed. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274282 | Colored Suture Construction - A colored suture includes an elongate woven braid of filaments including one or more ends made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The suture also includes second and third ends which can be colorable or dyeable before or after incorporation into the elongate woven braid. This invention provides surgeons with improved recognition of suture ends in surgery by construction of a bi-colored co-braid with at least two ends of different color schemes or patterns braided into a UHMWPE construction. One of the colored ends runs continuously from one end of the suture to the other end. The other colored end can be colored only on one half of the end. This provides a suture with two distinguishable ends, while still maintaining a continuous line of color along the length of the suture. | 10-28-2010 |
20100274283 | ANCHORING DEVICE - An anchoring device having an elongate body at a proximal portion, a distal portion of the elongate body forming a loop at a distal portion of the anchoring device. The loop further includes a plurality of anchors disposed along a surface thereof and the loop also including an end effector. Methods for securing anchoring devices of the present disclosure are also disclosed. | 10-28-2010 |
20100286728 | FIBERS OF UHMWPE AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - The invention relates to a process for producing gel-spun ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres having high tensile strengths and improved creep rates wherein the UHMWPE used in said process is characterized by a difference in the phase angle according to Formula (1) Δδ=δ | 11-11-2010 |
20100298872 | SURGICAL SUTURE MATERIAL CONSISTING OF BRAIDED THREAD - A surgical suture includes a filamentary braid including filamentary elements ( | 11-25-2010 |
20100298873 | SURGICAL SUTURE MATERIAL WITH ANCHORING ELEMENTS - A surgical suture material having a surface with anchoring elements made of a shape-memory polymer. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298874 | SUTURES WITH BARBS THAT OVERLAP AND COVER PROJECTIONS - A barbed suture with a first end and a second end and a body with a plurality of barbs extending from the body. Each barb causes the suture to resist movement in an opposite direction from which the barb faces. Projections extend from said suture. The projections can also engage tissue. The barbs cover the projections when the first end of the suture is moved in tissue and exposes the projections in order to engage tissue when the suture is moved in the direction of the second end through tissue. | 11-25-2010 |
20100298875 | SELF-RETAINING SUTURES HAVING EFFECTIVE HOLDING STRENGTH AND TENSILE STRENGTH - A barbed suture with a first end and a second end and a body with a plurality of barbs extending from the body. Each barb causes the suture to resist movement in an opposite direction from which the barb faces. Projections extend from said suture. The projections can also engage tissue. The barbs cover the projections when the first end of the suture is moved in tissue and exposes the projections in order to engage tissue when the suture is moved in the direction of the second end through tissue. | 11-25-2010 |
20100318122 | MULTIPLE SUTURE THREAD CONFIGURATION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE CONNECTOR - A suture system has a plurality of barbed sutures each with a plurality of barbs and a body connector that connects said plurality of barbed sutures. The sutures can move relative to the body connector. The body connector can retain tissue. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318123 | CONTINUOUS METHOD ANASTOMOSIS USING SELF-RETAINING SUTURES - An anastomosis procedure utilizes a self-retaining suture to secure one vessel to another vessel. A single self-retaining suture is deployed in a continuous pattern around the interface between the vessels. The self-retaining suture has tissue-grasping surface features which allow passage of the suture in one direction through tissue, but not in the opposite direction. The self-retaining suture may be deployed using a needle attached to the end of the suture. The continuous anastomosis technique may be performed without using knots. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318124 | SUBCUTANEOUS SINUSOIDAL WOUND CLOSURE UTILIZING ONE-WAY SUTURE - Subcutaneous sinusoidal wound-closure techniques use one-way sutures. The one-way sutures have tissue-grasping surface features which allow passage of the suture in one direction through tissue, but not in the opposite direction. In closing a wound, the one-way suture is deployed along a curvilinear path which passes alternately through subcutaneous tissue on opposed sides of the wound. The wound-closure techniques allow approximation of the sides of the wound without knots, avoid loop stitching and reduce scarring. | 12-16-2010 |
20110009902 | MULTIPLE SUTURE THREAD CONFIGURATION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE CONNECTOR - A suture system has a plurality of double ended barbed sutures each with a first plurality of barbs located adjacent to a first end and a second plurality of barbs located adjacent to a second end, and a body connector that connects said plurality of double ended barbed sutures. The body connector is located between the first plurality of barbs and the second plurality of barbs on each of the sutures. The sutures can move relative to the body connector. The body connector can retain tissue. | 01-13-2011 |
20110015672 | Method for Coating a Medical Device - The present disclosure provides coatings for medical devices, methods for applying such coatings, and medical devices possessing such coatings. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022083 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIRING AND ANCHORING DAMAGED TISSUE - Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to tissue, incorporating anchoring devices constructed substantially from suture. The anchoring devices are constructed as longitudinally extended, preformed knot configurations that upon deployment are reconfigured to form anchoring knots having an increased cross-section relative to the preformed knot configuration, for secure lodging in tissue. The anchoring devices are suitable for single and multi-anchor surgical procedures in soft tissue or bone, and multiple anchors can be delivered using a single delivery device. | 01-27-2011 |
20110022084 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REPAIRING AND ANCHORING DAMAGED TISSUE - Methods and devices are provided for repairing a tear in a meniscus. A pair of fixation member each entailing a preformed knot configuration coupled together by a suture length. The fixation members are placed on the meniscal tissue with the suture length spanning the tear, the knot configurations are expanded to form anchoring knots and the suture length is shortened to close the tear. | 01-27-2011 |
20110046668 | SELF-RETAINING SUTURES WITH HEAT-CONTACT MEDIATED RETAINERS - Provided herein are sutures to be used in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. A suture can include an elongated suture body and a plurality of heat-contact mediated retainers extending from and along the elongated suture body. The heat-contact mediated retainers can be formed by temporarily contacting the elongated suture body with one or more heated element. | 02-24-2011 |
20110046669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELEVATING RETAINERS ON SELF-RETAINING SUTURES - A method and device to elevate retainers on a suture thread to a desired angle such that the retainers can retain the desired elevation. The retainers can be elevated using an apparatus having at least one roller and at least one bending bar, wherein the bending bar contacts the retainers adjacent to the at least one roller to apply a force to the retainers. The retainers can also be elevated using a tube-shaped apparatus which allows the retainers on a suture thread to be bent by the inner surface of the tube-shaped apparatus. In various embodiments of the invention, a suture can be made up of an inner core and a coating that upon a stimuli increases the protrusion of the retainers away from the suture core thereby ensuring that the suture is held securely in place, preventing wound separation and dehiscence. In an embodiment of the invention, the application of the coating to the outer face of the retainer and attractive forces between the coating at different points results in the distension of the retainers away from the suture core. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the coating inserts into the cut associated with the retainer and repulsive or expansive forces result in a pushing out of the cut and thereby the distending of the retainers away from the suture core. | 02-24-2011 |
20110054522 | BARBED SUTURES HAVING PLEDGET STOPPERS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A surgical suture includes an elongated core having a first leg and a second leg, a first set of barbs projecting from the first leg of the core, and a second set of barbs projecting from the second leg of the core. The suture has a stop projecting from the core that is located between the first and second sets of barbs, and a braid surrounding the elongated core and the stop for strengthening the suture. The suture includes a pledget having first and second openings extending therethrough, with the first leg extending through the first pledget opening, the second leg extending through the second pledget opening, and the stop extending between the first and second pledget openings. | 03-03-2011 |
20110054523 | System And Method For Creating End Effector - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector integrally formed from the body portion, the end effector having first and second sections, each section including at least two throws, the at least two throws of the second section passing through the at least two throws of the first section. The number of throws in the first section may be the same or different from the number of throws in the second section. | 03-03-2011 |
20110054524 | IMPLANTABLE PROSTHETIC CORD - A medical cord and surgical procedure for the connection of a first tissue site to a second tissue site. The cord comprises a main length having a width and end portions having respective widths being less than the width of the main length. This provides a medical cord that is easy to manipulate during surgical procedures in which the cord may be required to be threaded through apertures and tunnels. The cord is particularly suitable to attach soft tissue, including ligaments and tendons to bone anchorsites and provides a prosthetic scaffold to facilitate tissue ingrowth at the repair site. | 03-03-2011 |
20110066185 | Bone joint suture button and grommet and kit using same - An improved bone joint suture button including a body having a channel extending across at least a portion of the top surface of the body, a pair of suture passages extending from the channel inclined, inwardly to the bottom of the body, and a bridge portion recessed from the body top surface between the suture passages and having a curved upper surface for providing a smooth surface for bearing against the suture; and an improved bone joint suture grommet including a pair of grommets to be inserted into holes drilled in a bone, each grommet including a hollow shaft and a head portion having a top with a chamfered channel in communication with the interior of the hollow shaft, a pair of buttons each including a chamfered side wall, a top with a chamfered channel therein, and a pair of inwardly angled suture passages extending from the channel through the button and separated by a chamfered portion, and at least one suture strand looped through the pair of inwardly angled suture passages of one button over the chamfered portion and secured to a needle. | 03-17-2011 |
20110071567 | ARTICULATING SUTURING AND DEVICE AND METHOD - Devices, systems, and methods for suturing of body lumens allow the suturing of vascular puncture sites located at the distal end of a percutaneous tissue tract. An elongated articulated foot near a distal end of a shaft is inserted through the penetration and actuated so that the foot extends along the lumenal axis. The foot carries suturing attachment cuffs, and needles are advanced from the shaft through the vessel wall outside of the penetration and into engagement with the needle cuffs after the foot has been drawn proximally up against the endothelial surface of the blood vessel. The cross-section of the shaft within the tissue tract can be minimized by laterally deflecting the needles as they leave the shaft, while tapered depressions within the foot can guide the advancing needles into engagement with the cuffs. The cuffs lockingly engage the needles and can be withdrawn proximally along the needle paths and through the tissue tract so as to form a loop of suture across the puncture. The articulating foot may be realigned with the shaft and withdrawn proximally through the tissue tract without dilating the tissue tract. | 03-24-2011 |
20110082499 | COATINGS THAT ENHANCE RESISTANCE TO ABRASION - The present disclosure provides coatings for filaments that enhance the resistance of a filament to cuts and/or abrasions. Depending upon the material utilized to form the filament to be coated, the appropriate coating in the appropriate amount may be selected to coat the filament thereby imparting resistance to abrasions and cuts to the filament. The resulting filament may be utilized to form filamentous devices including sutures and meshes. | 04-07-2011 |
20110082500 | COATINGS THAT ENHANCE RESISTANCE TO ABRASION - The present disclosure provides coatings for filaments that enhance the resistance of a filament to cuts and/or abrasions. Depending upon the material utilized to form the filament to be coated, the appropriate coating in the appropriate amount may be selected to coat the filament thereby imparting resistance to abrasions and cuts to the filament. The resulting filament may be utilized to form filamentous devices including sutures and meshes. | 04-07-2011 |
20110093010 | BARBED SUTURE CREATED HAVING BARBS DEFINED BY VARIABLE-ANGLE CUT - A barbed suture is disclosed having barbs defined by a variable-angle cut surface. A cutting bed supports the suture during cutting. A cutting device is moved through the suture thread along a selected path. The angle of the cutting device is changed during cutting thereby changing the angle of the cut surface which defines each barb. A cutting arm is articulated to allow change of the angle of the cutting device. The change in the angle of the cutting device is used to control the shape and depth of cut of the barbs. | 04-21-2011 |
20110098742 | SHAPE MEMORY FILAMENT FOR SUTURE MANAGEMENT - A member of a rigid flexible elastic material, the member including a body portion and an aperture portion with the member adapted for delivery through an axial longitudinal channel of a percutaneous delivery subsystem, the aperture portion including an expanded mode having a lateral dimension greater than an inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion extends outside the channel and a collapsed mode wherein the lateral dimension is not greater than the inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion is within the channel, the channel including a first axial opening and a second axial opening with the aperture portion transitioning from the expanded mode to the collapsed mode when inserted into the openings and the aperture transitioning from the collapsed mode to the expanded mode when exiting from the openings. | 04-28-2011 |
20110106151 | SQUARE LOCK SUTURE KNOT - A method for forming a suture knot, the method comprising:
| 05-05-2011 |
20110106152 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SELF-RETAINING SUTURES - An apparatus and method for cutting retainers on a continuous strand is provided. The apparatus may include a rotary head member configured to be rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis. The rotary head member may include a center hole substantially coincident with the longitudinal axis and configured to receive the strand. A retainer forming member may be supported on the rotary head member and may include a cutting edge directed substantially inward toward the longitudinal axis. When the rotary head member rotates about the longitudinal axis and the strand is continuously pulled through the center hole along the longitudinal axis, the cutting edge may intermittently or continuously cuts retainers about an outer surface of the strand. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106153 | Method and Apparatus for Sternal Closure - A method and apparatus for securing a fractured or sectioned sternum in a patient's body is disclosed. The apparatus can include an attachment member and an adjustable flexible member construct. The attachment member can have a flexible member holder. The adjustable flexible member construct can have first and second ends and a body defining at least one passage portion. The first and second ends can be passed into and through the at least one passage portion via first and second openings associated with the at least one passage portion of the adjustable flexible member construct to form a pair of loops. The attachment member can be configured to be coupled to at least one of the formed pair of loops. The adjustable flexible member construct can be positioned about the sternum and can be reduced to compress the fractured or sectioned sternum. | 05-05-2011 |
20110125188 | SHAPE-MEMORY SELF-RETAINING SUTURES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, AND METHODS OF USE - A self-retaining suture comprises a filament. The filament has retainers on the surface such that the filament can engage and retain tissue without knots. The filament comprises one or more materials at least one of which is a shape-memory polymer or shape-memory alloy. The shape-memory material is used to cause the shape of the retainers and or the filament to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to a transition stimulus. The transition stimulus may be applied before, during, or after deployment of the suture in tissue. In particular, the shape-memory material may be used to enhance the formation, elevation and/or deployment of the retainers. Methods for manufacturing the filament and retainers are also described. | 05-26-2011 |
20110166597 | SELF-RETAINING SUTURES INCLUDING TISSUE RETAINERS HAVING IMPROVED STRENGTH - An embodiment of a suture for use in a surgical procedure applied to tissue comprises an elongated body having a first end and a second end, and a plurality of retainers arranged along a portion of the elongated body. The retainers substantially yield to motion of the elongated body within the tissue when the elongated body is drawn at the first end and resist motion of the elongated within the tissue when the elongated body is drawn at the second end. The retainers include an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface extending from a periphery of the elongated body and the lower surface having at least two facets. | 07-07-2011 |
20110166598 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TONGUE STABILIZATION - Tongue-stabilization devices and methods, such as, for example, for treatment and/or reduction of symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). | 07-07-2011 |
20110172707 | Water-Swellable Copolymers and Articles and Coatings Made Therefrom - The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising a copolymer that includes a first monomer and a second monomer that is different from the first monomer, wherein both the first and second monomer are selected from the group consisting of 3-sulfopropyl acrylate potassium salt, sodium acrylate, N-(tris(hydroxyl methyl)methyl)acrylamide, and 2-acrylamideo-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid. The present disclosure further relates to methods for preparing the copolymer compositions and shaped articles comprising the copolymers. | 07-14-2011 |
20110208239 | Method and Apparatus for Forming a Self-Locking Adjustable Loop - A self-locking adjustable loop construction and a method of forming the construction are disclosed. The construction can include a flexible member having a first end, a second end and a first portion therebetween. The first end can be passed back through the first portion at a first point such that the first end passes through the first portion from a first side of the flexible member to a second opposite side of the flexible member. The first end can be passed through the first portion at a second point spaced apart from the first point such that the first end passes through the first portion from the second side to the first side so as to place the second end outside of the first portion. | 08-25-2011 |
20110230911 | RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEINS - The present invention is directed to recombinant spider silk proteins, nucleic acids, coding for these recombinant spider silk proteins, as well as hosts suitable for expressing those nucleic acids. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a method of aggregation of spider silk proteins and the use of the proteins in the field of biotechnology and/or medicine and other industrial fields, in particular in the manufacture of automotive parts, in the aircraft construction, in the processing of textiles and leather, as well as in the manufacture and processing of paper and the like. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238111 | Soft Tissue Fixation Using A Looped Suture Construct - A looped suture construct is formed by looping a suture on itself and slidably connecting the suture through an anchoring structure such that a looped end and a free end of the suture are on opposite sides of the slidable connection. The anchoring structure may be bone, a suture anchor, or another structure securely attached to bone. The looped end and the free end are passed through the soft tissue to be repaired. The free end is then passed through the looped end. Tension is applied to the free end to draw the soft tissue into contact with the desired bone, whereupon the free end is secured to maintain the tension. The looped suture end remains open and positioned on one side or surface of the soft tissue. Suture anchors of the invention are pre-loaded with at least one suture having a looped end and at least one free end. | 09-29-2011 |
20110245868 | Vascular Access Wound Sealing System and Method - A wound sealing system and method for closing a vascular access site. The method invisions suturing a single continuous Z-stitch into a skin area around a wound and wound tract while the catheter remains within the vessel; covering the wound and suture holes with a hemostatic powder; tightening and knotting the ends of the suture together in an X configuration, applying finger pressure against the hemostatic powder as the catheter is removed; and twisting the suture ends together to tension the Z-stitch, pulling the skin area into inversion. The wound sealing system includes a powder containment device (PCD) which surrounds wound and catheter and a suture twisting member configured with the PCD to tension the Z-stitch closing the wound and arresting blood flow. The hole in the PCD holds a quantity of the hemostatic agent sufficient to cover the wound and suture holes. | 10-06-2011 |
20110251639 | Coated Looped Suture - A suture including a reinforced loop is described herein. The suture includes an elongate body including a proximal section and a distal section, wherein the distal section includes first and second overlapping sections and a loop. A polymeric coating is positioned on at least a portion of the distal section to reinforce the loop. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251640 | Barbed Medical Device And Method - Barbed medical devices include a multifilament elongate body and a monofilament fragment. The multifilament elongate body has an outer surface. The monofilament fragment has a first portion positioned within the multifilament elongate body and at least a second portion which extends beyond the outer surface of the multifilament elongate body to form a barb. | 10-13-2011 |
20110264138 | CODED HETEROFUNCTIONAL SUTURES AND METHODS - A marked heterofunctional surgical filament. The filament comprises two or more sections having different features, and the different sections of the filament are provided with markers in order that they may be identified and differentiated. The filament may have retainers on the surface of one or more sections such that the filament can engage and retain tissue without knots. The markers may be used to indicate fixed features of a section of filament such as the presence and/orientation of retainers. The markers may be utilized to indicate conditions of the filament such as tension. The markers may be directly readable or be machine-readable. The surgical filament is thin and flexible and may be used for suturing. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264139 | SUTURES AND FIBROSING AGENTS - Sutures are used in combination with fibrosing agents to induce or stimulate fibrosis that between the sutures and the host tissues into which the sutures are inserted. Compositions and methods are described for use in lifting tissue, closing wound, and other applications. | 10-27-2011 |
20110270305 | SURGICAL THREAD, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREVENTING PUNCTURE CHANNEL BLEEDING, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A surgical thread avoids puncture channel bleeding, and has a polymeric core and a polymeric sheath surrounding the polymeric core, wherein the polymeric sheath is swellable in bodily fluids. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270306 | Method and Apparatus for Coupling Soft Tissue to Bone - A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. A bone engaging fastener is coupled to bone. A second fastener is coupled to a suture construction. The second fastener is coupled to the first fastener. Soft tissue is coupled to the suture construction. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270307 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSING A VESSEL WOUND - Vessel wound closure systems and method for sealing a puncture wound in a target vessel, such as those puncture wounds that occur from prior interventional procedures. A sealing member is deployed intravascularly into the target vessel, and an anchor member is deployed extravascularly of the target vessel. The sealing member and the anchor member are connected by a suture that may be drawn to tighten the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to effect the seal of the puncture wound. After tightening, the suture is secured to maintain the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to maintain the seal. Preferably, the anchor member, the suture and the sealing member are comprised of biocompatible, bioresorbable materials that are absorbed into the body after the sealing of the puncture wound has been achieved. The sealing member, suture and the anchor member are delivered by a delivery rod or other components over a guidewire or through an introducer already in place from the preceding interventional procedure. | 11-03-2011 |
20110282386 | CONTINUOUS-FILAMENT THREAD HAVING A PLURALITY OF BARBS AND A BARBED SUTURE - A continuous-filament thread includes a continuous-filament thread body including a plurality of barbs projecting from the thread body. | 11-17-2011 |
20110288583 | SELF-RETAINING SUTURES WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL RETAINERS OR UNI-DIRECTIONAL RETAINERS - Provided herein are sutures for use in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. Some sutures include bi-directional retainers, each of which can be deployed in two directions, but once deployed in one direction, resist motion in the opposite direction. Other sutures include uni-directional retainers that are conical in shape, and include tissue engaging protrusions that extend from edges and/or angled walls of the conical retainers. | 11-24-2011 |
20110307007 | Compound Barb Medical Device and Method - A compound barb medical device is provided which includes an elongated body having at least one barb formed along the length of the body, the barb defining an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. Optionally, the barb defines a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. A method for forming a compound barb on a medical device is also provided. | 12-15-2011 |
20110319932 | BIDIRECTIONAL SELF-RETAINING SUTURES WITH LASER-MARKED AND/OR NON-LASER MARKED INDICIA AND METHODS - A marked heterofunctional suture thread has two or more sections having different features. One or more sections of the suture thread are provided with laser-marked and non-laser marked indicia in order that they may be identified and differentiated from other sections. The suture thread may have retainers on the surface of one or more sections such that the suture thread can engage and retain tissue without knots. The markers may be used to indicate fixed features of a section of suture thread such as the presence and/orientation of retainers. In particular embodiments, laser-marked and non-laser marked indicia are used to identify the transition section of a bidirectional self-retaining suture. | 12-29-2011 |
20120004686 | System and Method of Making Tapered Looped Suture - A system for forming a looped suture having a tapered cut is provided. The system includes a base for selectively retaining a portion of thread, a clamping device for receiving a first end of the thread, a tensioning device for receiving a second end of the thread, a welding assembly configured to join a first and second section of the thread to form a loop, and a cutting assembly configured to form a tapered end on the first section of the thread. | 01-05-2012 |
20120029561 | Coated Colored Medical Devices - The present invention provides, in some embodiments, a medical securement device such as sutures, yarns, meshes, filaments, tapes, knits, and composite braids made from fiber materials like UHMWPE which are coated in whole or in part with a colored coating solution. This invention provides surgeons with improved recognition of suture ends in surgery by construction of sutures with ends having different colors. Additionally, the invention provides surgeons with a means for color coding or marking of medical devices for proper recognition of various devices used in surgery for particular tasks and surgical procedures. | 02-02-2012 |
20120041483 | Suture having antimicrobial properties - A tissue engageable suture having antimicrobial properties is provided. The suture includes a plurality of thread members. The thread members include a plurality of structural thread members having a structural portion and an antimicrobial portion. The thread members also include a plurality of adhesive thread members. The plurality of structural thread members and the plurality of adhesive thread members are woven together to form a multiple thread-containing cabled suture wherein the adhesive thread members bond the structural thread members within the cabled structure. | 02-16-2012 |
20120059413 | THREAD, ESPECIALLY SURGICAL THREAD, AN IMPLANT COMPRISING THE THREAD AND ALSO A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE THREAD AND THE IMPLANT - A surgical thread includes an elongate, preferably braided, thread body and a coating surrounding the thread body at least partially and preferably completely, wherein the thread body includes polyethylene and/or polypropylene and the coating consists of a resorbable material and optionally additives. | 03-08-2012 |
20120083838 | Connectable End Effector - Sutures are provided having an elongate body and a separately connectable end effector. The elongate body includes a first connection structure, which connects the end effector to the elongate body. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083839 | Method of Manufacturing a Prosthetic Valve - A method of manufacturing a prosthetic valve is provided. A substantially tubular metallic frame is formed with intersecting bars having diameters in the range of 0.1 to 0.6 mm. The frame is constructed to be radially collapsible for advancement into a native aortic valve using a catheterization technique. The frame is constructed to be radially expandable for embedding the frame within the native aortic valve and resisting the recoil forces of the native aortic valve. A valvular structure is constructed from pericardial tissue. An internal cover is constructed from pericardial tissue to form a substantially impermeable tubular sleeve. An upper end of the internal cover is sutured to a lower end of the valvular structure. The valvular structure and internal cover are sutured to the bars for securement within the frame. | 04-05-2012 |
20120101522 | LENGTH OF SELF-RETAINING SUTURE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USING THE SAME - A method and device for anchoring a length of self-retaining suture. The method of anchoring includes providing for an assembly having a length of self-retaining suture and a suture insertion device. The length of suture includes at least a portion of the length having a plurality of retainers thereon extending in a first direction. The insertion device has a length and a recess to receive a portion of the suture length. The method further includes placing a portion of the suture length in the recess and inserting the device into the body of a mammal until the recess reaches a predetermined location thereby forming an insertion pathway. The method further includes retrieving the insertion device from the body by moving the insertion device in a direction substantially opposed to the insertion pathway. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101523 | High-Strength Suture - A surgical suture is made of an elongate, hollow braid of high strength fibers. The braid defines an elongate, longitudinally-extending, central chamber that is open and without any core material extending therein so that, when a surgeon's knot is tied with the suture, the cross-sectional shape of the braid collapses upon itself and is reduced in size in response to pressures experienced when the knot is tightened thereby producing a low profile knot that resists slippage. Preferably, the braid is of a size corresponding to a USP size 5-0 to USP size 7 suture and has one or more, preferably a pair, of color contrasting monofilaments woven therein to enhance suture visibility. Methods of making a flattened suture and of utilizing the high strength suture to maintain body tissues in an engaged position to promote healing are also provided. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109193 | Modular Suture - Sutures are provided having a first elongate body and a separate, second elongate body. The first elongate body includes a first connection structure and the second elongate body may include a second connection structure. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116449 | MultiFilament Barbed Suture - A surgical suture includes a plurality of intertwined unbarbed filaments defining a longitudinal axis and a barbed filament including an elongate body and a plurality of barbs disposed along a length thereof. The plurality of barbs extends radially outward from a surface of the elongate body, wherein the barbed filament at least partially intertwines with the plurality of unbarbed filaments. | 05-10-2012 |
20120130422 | NOVEL SUTURE - A knotless suture system formed from two lengths of suture joined at a suture junction point, with at least four suture limbs extending from the suture junction. The knotless suture system provides the ability to construct a suture bridge for soft tissue repair and fixation across a medial and lateral row bone fixation anchor configuration while passing the suture system in a simplified method of suture management. | 05-24-2012 |
20120172930 | NOVEL SUTURE - A knotless suture system formed from two lengths of suture joined at a suture junction point, with at least four suture limbs extending from the suture junction. The knotless suture system provides the ability to construct a suture bridge for soft tissue repair and fixation across a medial and lateral row bone fixation anchor configuration while passing the suture system in a simplified method of suture management. | 07-05-2012 |
20120172931 | IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICE USEFUL FOR COSMETIC SURGERY - The present invention discloses a minimally invasive multipoint fixation device adapted to laparoscopically locally reposition body tissues. The device comprises: a distal anchor, a proximal anchor and an elongated connecting element, adapted to interconnect between the distal anchor and the proximal anchor. The distal and the proximal anchors are characterized by two configurations: (i) a FOLDED CONFIGURATION; and, (ii) a DEPLOYED CONFIGURATION. The fixation device further comprises deployment means adapted to deploy the distal and the proximal anchors by reconfiguring the same from the FOLDED CONFIGURATION to the DEPLOYED CONFIGURATION. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179198 | SUTURE WITH FILAMENTS FORMED OF POLYETHER-KETONE VARIANT - A high strength abrasion resistant surgical suture material with improved tie down characteristics and tissue compliance with braided yarns formed of ether-ketone variant. The suture features a multifilament jacket formed of braided yarns of ether-ketone variant, optionally braided with yarns of polyester, silk, nylon, ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene or aramid fibers. The braided jacket surrounds a core formed of twisted yarns of ether-ketone variant or ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The suture has exceptional strength, is ideally suited for most orthopedic procedures, and can be attached to a suture anchor or a curved needle. | 07-12-2012 |
20120191133 | WELDABLE FLEXIBLE LONGITUDINAL FIXATION COMPONENTS AND INSTRUMENTS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - Methods and devices facilitate welding sutures during laparoscopic and robotic surgical procedures. A first end of a weldable suture is reversibly fastened to the distal end of a novel welding instrument then inserted into a patient, preferably through a laparoscopic portal or trocar. A needle on the second or distal end of the suture is passed through tissue then the distal end of the suture is reversibly fastened to the distal end of the novel welding instrument. An alignment feature in the distal end of the instrument aligns portions of the suture for placement in the jaws of a welding tool. The surgeon may tighten the suture by pulling on the ends of the suture, which reduces the diameter of the suture loop and pulls the tissues together. The instrument maintains tension on the suture and immobilizes the suture during suture welding. Sutures with low melting temperatures may be melted into and around portions of rapid absorption multifilament suture. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197294 | VARIABLE DENIER YARN AND SUTURE - A textile yarn includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment includes a plurality of first strands and has a substantially constant first denier. The second segment includes a plurality of second strands integrated together and has a substantially constant second denier. There are more second strands in the second segment than first strands in the first segment such that the second denier is greater than the first denier. A first portion of the plurality of second strands is made from a first plurality of yarn elements that extend through the first and second segments. A second portion of the plurality of second strands is made from a second plurality of yarn elements present in the second segment and not the first segment. The yarn elements in the second plurality of yarn elements terminate in a transition zone between the first segment and the second segment. | 08-02-2012 |
20120209325 | NOVEL SUTURE - A knotless suture system formed from two lengths of suture joined at a suture junction point, with at least four suture limbs extending from the suture junction. The knotless suture system provides the ability to construct a suture bridge for soft tissue repair and fixation across a medial and lateral row bone fixation anchor configuration while passing the suture system in a simplified method of suture management. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215257 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING AN OBJECT TO BONE, INCLUDING THE PROVISION AND USE OF A NOVEL SUTURE ASSEMBLY FOR SECURING AN OBJECT TO BONE - A suture assembly comprising:
| 08-23-2012 |
20120232588 | SURGICAL THREAD COMPRISING CELLS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE THREAD - A thread, in particular surgical thread includes a cell-retaining structure and cells and a method for manufacturing the thread. | 09-13-2012 |
20120232589 | Suture treatment method and suture construction/kit therrefor - A suture method, suture construction, and suture kit enables health care providers and patients to select colored sutures from a wide variety of colors. The variously colored sutures enable the patient to adorn a skin wound site so as to more effectively treat the wound with patient input and cooperation. The suturing method involves the steps of assessing a suture site or skin wound; selecting a suturing technique based on the assessed suture site or skin wound; providing a visual depiction of exemplary suture layout schema to the patient, which exemplary suture layout schema are reflective of the selected suturing technique; providing a patient with a selection of suture colors; inviting the patient to select at least one suture color from the suture color palette; selecting at least one suture color from the selection of suture colors; and suturing a suture site with a variously colored suture as selected by the patent. | 09-13-2012 |
20120239085 | SUTURE IMPLANT COMPONENT AND SUTURE IMPLANT MECHANISM INCLUDING SUCH A COMPONENT - A system for suture implantation according to embodiments of the present invention includes a suture implant component including a body which extends along a longitudinal dimension, the body including an opening configured to receive a suture, the body configured for attachment to the suture, the body being deformable, upon application of a tension to the suture, between a resting configuration in which the body has a first longitudinal dimension and a first transverse dimension, and an active configuration in which the body has a second longitudinal dimension smaller than the first longitudinal dimension and a second transverse dimension larger than the first transverse dimension, and further including a wall arranged about the longitudinal dimension, wherein the wall is deformable in an accordion-like manner as the body deforms from the resting configuration to the active configuration. | 09-20-2012 |
20120245629 | SELF-RETAINING VARIABLE LOOP SUTURES - A suture having a first end for penetrating tissue, an elongated suture body having a periphery; a plurality of retainers on the periphery, and a second end having a variable loop of variable circumference, wherein the variable loop includes a fixed loop slidably engaging the elongated body for slidingly varying the circumference of the variable loop, and wherein the first end may pass through the variable loop to secure tissue as an anchor, the anchor preventing movement of the suture in the direction of deployment of the first end. | 09-27-2012 |
20120277793 | Apparatus and Method of Forming Barbs on a Suture - A barbed suture is provided. The barbed suture includes an elongate body and at least one barb extending from the elongate body. The elongate body defines a recess adjacent the at least one barb. Also provided is a method of making a barbed suture. The method includes the steps of providing a suture nest and a punch apparatus configured for operable engagement with the suture nest, loading a suture through the suture nest, engaging the punch apparatus with the suture nest, and disengaging the punch apparatus with the suture nest. | 11-01-2012 |
20120310278 | Barbed Sutures - A system and method for affixing barbs on a suture are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a suture supply mechanism for selectively retaining a length of suture and a barb supply mechanism for operably engaging a barb supply assembly including at least one barb. At least one of the suture supply mechanism and the barb supply mechanism are configured to approximate towards the other of the barb supply mechanism and suture supply mechanism to engage the at least one barb of the barb supply assembly with the suture of the suture supply assembly. Also provided are a barb for use in forming a barbed suture and a suture including at least one barb. | 12-06-2012 |
20120323272 | Compound Barb Medical Device and Method - A compound barb medical device is provided which includes an elongated body having at least one barb formed along the length of the body, the barb defining an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. Optionally, the barb defines a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. A method for forming a compound barb on a medical device is also provided. | 12-20-2012 |
20130023928 | KNOTLESS SUTURE CONSTRUCTS - Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with at least one splice area, a turning loop (turning eyelet), a fixed end and a tensioning limb. The eyelet is fixed and is created into the suture splice by splicing or knotting, or by other known methods in the art. The eyelet is configured to redirect the tensioning of the construct (the force of tensioning). | 01-24-2013 |
20130066368 | Looped Suture - A method of forming a loop in a thread is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a loop forming system including, a base for securely retaining a thread to be formed and a welding assembly for forming a loop in the thread, contacting at least a portion of the thread with a super-critical fluid and securing the previously immersed portion of the thread to the base such that a first section of the previously immersed portion is maintained adjacent to a second section of the previously immersed portion. The method further includes the steps of approximating the welding assembly and the base towards each other, and approximating the welding assembly and base away from each other. Also provided is a medical device formed from the method. | 03-14-2013 |
20130072970 | Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Remove Residual EtO from Sutures - Treating absorbable sutures that have been sterilized using ethylene oxide with carbon dioxide at or near its supercritical pressure and temperature conditions to remove any residual ethylene oxide. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072971 | MEDICAL SUTURE HAVING MICRO COGS ON SURFACE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a medical suture having micro cogs on a surface thereof and a method of manufacturing the medical suture. The method of manufacturing a medical suture includes steps of: producing a suture preform where micro cogs are formed on a surface thereof by heating and pressing a raw material of a suture for surgery in an overflow mould in a heat-press solid-phase forming method; and producing a suture with twist maintained by applying a tensile force and a rotational force to the suture preform in a vacuum state where a specific temperature condition is maintained. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072972 | Knotted Suture End Effector - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector integrally formed from the body portion. The end effector includes first and second extensions extending outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions. Each of the first and second extensions includes at least one throw. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072973 | Knotted Suture End Effector - A suture including a knotted end effector is provided. The suture includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis and an end effector formed from the body portion. The end effector includes first and second extensions which extend outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions when the end effector is in a permanent configuration. The extensions of the end effector extend substantially along the longitudinal axis when the end effector is in a temporary position. In embodiments, at least a portion of the end effector includes a shape memory material. | 03-21-2013 |
20130079815 | Interlocking Sutures - A surgical suture with improved suture and/or knot security is disclosed. The suture may include an elongated core extending along an axis, and at least one axial array of projections provided on the core. Each projection extends from the core and terminates into an outer edge. The outer edge of the projection may have an axial length greater than that of a remainder of the projection. A method of using the suture to form a surgical stitch is also disclosed. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079816 | ENHANCED SUTURE BRAID STRENGTH THROUGH CLICK CHEMISTRY - The present disclosure relates to a method of forming yarns and preparing surgical devices therefrom. The yarns include at least one first filament possessing a polymer core and first reactive members known to have click reactivity on a surface thereof and at least one second filament possessing a polymer core and second reactive members known to have click reactivity on a surface thereof. The first and second reactive members are complementary such that they interact to covalently bond the filaments together. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085525 | BARBED SUTURE HAVING INCREASED HOLDING STRENGTH - A wound closure device having a filamentary element having a proximal end and a distal end, and a stop element coupled thereto and having a leading edge area defined by thickness and a width and having a total surface area. The leading edge area is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the filamentary element. The device may have a ratio of the leading edge area to the total surface area that is less than 10%, a ratio of the length to the maximum thickness of the stop element that is at least 4, or a ratio of the length to the width of the stop element is at least 1 for any given thickness. | 04-04-2013 |
20130096610 | BIOPOLYMER MICROTHREADS WITH MICROSCALE SURFACE TOPOGRAPHIES - In one aspect, the invention features a textured microthread that includes or is fashioned from a naturally occurring polymer and that has a surface comprising micron-scale ridges with intervening grooves. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103078 | SUTURE THREAD - A suture thread ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130123839 | CHEMICAL KNOTS FOR SUTURES - Surgical sutures capable of forming a chemical knot include a first reactive member on a first portion thereof and a second reactive member on a second portion thereof, wherein the first and second reactive members are complimentary. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123840 | TRANSOSSEOUS ATTACHMENT - Techniques and instruments for surgical transosseous attachment to a bone include a guide able to guide the formation of intersecting bone tunnels and a retriever able to retrieve a suture through the bone tunnels. | 05-16-2013 |
20130165971 | BARB CONFIGURATIONS FOR BARBED SUTURES - A barbed suture for connecting tissue, and a combination surgical needle with a barbed suture. The suture includes an elongated body and a plurality of barbs projecting from the body. Each barb causes the suture to resist movement in an opposite direction from which the barb faces. The disposition of the barbs on the body may be staggered, twist cut multiple spiral, overlapping, or random. Also, the configuration of the barbs may be a certain spirality angle α, barb cut angle Θ, barb cut depth, barb cut length, barb cut distance, corrugated barb underside, arcuate barb base, or varying barb size. | 06-27-2013 |
20130197572 | Wound Closure Device - A wound closure device includes an elongated body with proximal and distal ends having a plurality of through-holes along the length and defining a longitudinal axis with a plurality of surface features extending away from the axis. The proximal end is configured and dimensioned to pass through body tissue and thereafter be selectively passed through at least one of the plurality of through-holes such that at least one of the surface features also passes through the through-hole thereby forming a locked closed loop to secure body tissue held therein. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197573 | Wound Closure Device - A wound closure device includes an elongated body with proximal and distal ends having a plurality of through-holes along the length and defining a longitudinal axis with a plurality of surface features extending away from the axis. The proximal end is configured and dimensioned to pass through body tissue and thereafter be selectively passed through at least one of the plurality of through-holes such that at least one of the surface features also passes through the through-hole thereby forming a locked closed loop to secure body tissue held therein. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197574 | JOINING ELEMENT - Disclosed is a joining element ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130204295 | SURFACE TEXTURE CONFIGURATION FOR SELF-RETAINING SUTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME - A tissue retaining device includes a flexible suture thread having a surface microtexture and/or nanotexture. The surface microtexture and/or nanotexture filament is directional in that the resulting suture thread has a lower resistance to moving through tissue in the direction of intended deployment than in the reverse direction. A variety of alternative asymmetric textural elements and/or distributions of textural elements are disclosed. Methods for manufacturing the surface microtexture and/or nanotexture are also described. | 08-08-2013 |
20130218204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING BARBS ON A SUTURE - A station for cutting a barb suture is provided. The barb cutting station includes a suture transport assembly for supporting a first suture, a first knife assembly for forming barbs on the first suture, and a first clamp and position assembly for approximating the at least first suture towards the at least first knife assembly. The barb cutting station may further include at least a first suture cutting mechanism configured for severing the at least first suture when a defect is detected. The station may also include at least a first visual inspection assembly configured for detecting defective barbs. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226233 | EMERGENCY SELF-RETAINING SUTURES AND PACKAGING - A removable self-retaining suture system and methods for use thereof in emergency situations. The system comprises one or more self-retaining suture segments and a grasp engagement element. The system may be used for temporary wound closure in a trauma victim, and may be easily removed upon the availability of proper medical care to the victim. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231699 | LOCKING SUTURE - A locking suture comprises a main suture branch with at least one member fixably attached, wherein the main suture branch and at least one member pass through a suture eyelet of the locking suture in a first direction, but passage of the member in a second direction through the suture eyelet is resisted due to mechanical impediment between the member and the eyelet. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231700 | Surgical Suture With Soft Core - A fastening element comprising (a) a non-load bearing core, the non-load bearing core comprising a first biocompatible polymer; (b) a load bearing sheath, the load bearing sheath comprising a second biocompatible polymer, wherein the load bearing sheath surrounds the non-load bearing core. The fastening element can be used as a suture, shoe lace or rope. The non-load bearing core has a Durometer Hardness Type A value ranging from 15 to 30. The load bearing sheath is formed from a plurality of yarns, each yarn comprising a plurality of filaments in form of mono or multifilament of the second biocompatible polymer. Each yarn may have a tenacity at break value ranging from 30 cN/dtex to 45 cN/dtex. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238021 | High-Density Self-Retaining Sutures, Manufacturing Equipment and Methods - A self-retaining suture has a suture thread less than 1 millimeter nominal diameter. A plurality of retainers is cut into the suture thread using a high accuracy retainer cutting machine. The retainer cutting machine has sufficient accuracy and repeatability to cut consistent and effective retainers at high density on suture threads less than 1 mm nominal diameter. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238022 | Self-Retaining Systems Having Laser-Cut Retainers - Self-retaining suture systems including a suture thread bearing a plurality of laser-cut retainers are disclosed. A laser system allows the creation of retainers and self-retaining suture systems in configurations which are difficult and/or impossible to achieve using mechanical cutting technology. | 09-12-2013 |
20130261662 | JOINING ELEMENT - Disclosed is a joining element ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130289620 | SQUARE LOCK SUTURE KNOT - A method for forming a suture knot, the method comprising:
| 10-31-2013 |
20130296931 | Systems, Devices, and Methods for Securing Tissue - Systems, devices, and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone, for securing one or more objects using a surgical filament, and for drawing two or more tissues together so they can be secured in a desired location. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical repair construct that is configured to atraumatically pass through soft tissue to secure tissue in a knotless manner includes a snare linkage, a collapsible loop, and a flexible suture pin. The snare linkage can include a collapsible snare for receiving the collapsible loop, and in use the snare can be collapsed around the collapsible loop and advanced distally towards the bone until the snare is proximate to the tissue, while the collapsible loop can be collapsed distally towards the bone to bring the tissue into proximity with the bone. Other exemplary systems, devices, and methods for use with soft tissue repair are also provided. | 11-07-2013 |
20130317544 | Continuous Loop and Button Assembly - Fixation assemblies having a button captured by a continuous (i.e., closed) loop of thread, such as ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber are disclosed herein. Preferred assemblies are constructed such that the intact button cannot be detached from the continuous loop without breaking or opening the loop of fiber. The closed fiber advantageously contains at least one or two stitched, or otherwise secured or reinforced, sections positioned on the loop. | 11-28-2013 |
20140025106 | COLORED SUTURE CONSTRUCTION - A colored suture includes an elongate woven braid of filaments including one or more ends made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The suture also includes second and third ends which can be colorable or dyeable before or after incorporation into the elongate woven braid. This invention provides surgeons with improved recognition of suture ends in surgery by construction of a hi-colored co-braid with at least two ends of different color schemes or patterns braided into a UHMWPE construction. One of the colored ends runs continuously from one end of the suture to the other end. The other colored end can be colored only on one half of the end. This provides a suture with two distinguishable ends, while still maintaining a continuous line of color along the length of the suture. | 01-23-2014 |
20140046366 | Devices and Methods for Securing Medical Devices within an Anatomy - The present disclosure includes a plurality of securing devices. For example, the present disclosure includes securing devices comprising sutures, everting anchors, and inverting anchors. The sutures and anchors disclosed herein may be capable of deployment to a depth within a body lumen, such that body tissue external to the body lumen is not damaged by the devices. Moreover, in various embodiments, the securing devices described herein may couple one or more medical devices (e.g., stents, grafts, and/or stent-grafts) to body tissue such as a body lumen. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046367 | Method And Apparatus For Forming A Self-Locking Adjustable Loop - A self-locking adjustable loop construction and a method of forming the construction are disclosed. The construction can include a flexible member having a first end, a second end and a first portion therebetween. The first end can be passed back through the first portion at a first point such that the first end passes through the first portion from a first side of the flexible member to a second opposite side of the flexible member. The first end can be passed through the first portion at a second point spaced apart from the first point such that the first end passes through the first portion from the second side to the first side so as to place the second end outside of the first portion. | 02-13-2014 |
20140074157 | PRE-TIED SURGICAL KNOTS FOR USE WITH SUTURE PASSERS - Sutures with pre-tied knots for use in percutaneous surgical procedures. Described herein are pre-tied sutures and methods of using them that may be used with a suture passer for percutaneously suturing tissue, including percutaneously passing and securing a loop of suture around a tear in a meniscus tissue of the knee. A suture with a pre-tied knot may include a length of suture and a knot body on the length of suture, and a leader snare tied to the length of suture by the knot body. The leader snare typically has an opening loop (bight or snare) through which an end of the suture may be passed. The tail of the leader snare may be pulled to remove the leader snare for the knot body and draw the end of the suture through the knot body to close the knot, which can then be tightened to secure the tissue. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074158 | TETHER LINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONGUE OR OTHER TISSUE SUSPENSION OR COMPRESSION - Systems and methods of placing one or more suture loops into tissue, such as the base of the tongue, are described. A system can include a variable-thickness suspension line for suspending tissue, including a suture having a first thickness dimension; an elastomer surrounding a portion of the suture and defining a central segment of the suspension line having a second thickness dimension greater than the first thickness dimension, and at least one transition zone extending from the central segment of the suspension line to a lateral end of the suspension line, the transition zones having a thickness dimension that tapers from the second thickness dimension to the first thickness dimension. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074159 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE BIOACTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS OF A SURFACE AND OBJECTS WITH SURFACES IMPROVED THEREBY - A method for improving bioactivity of a surface of a surgical suture and sutures prepared thereby provides forming a gas-cluster ion-beam (GCIB) in a reduced-pressure chamber, introducing a surgical suture into the reduced-pressure chamber, and irradiating at least a first portion of the surface of said surgical suture with a GLIB derived beam. | 03-13-2014 |
20140081321 | BARBED SUTURES HAVING CONTOURED BARBS THAT FACILITATE PASSAGE THROUGH TISSUE AND INCREASE HOLDING STRENGTH - A wound closure device includes a filamentary element having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of barbs extending outwardly from the filamentary element. Each barb has a base connected with the filamentary element, a tip spaced from the base, and an outer edge that extends between the base and the tip. The outer edge includes a first section having a concave surface that extends between the base and a transition point of the barb and a second section having a convex surface that extends between the transition point of the barb and the tip of the barb. The outer edge transforms from the concave surface of the first section to the convex curve of the second section at the transition point of the barb. The tip of the barb has a convexly curved surface facing the distal end of the filamentary element. The unique dual radius shape of the outer edge of the barbs and the tips of the barbs minimizes resistance when the filamentary element is pulled in a first direction through tissue and maximizes resistance to movement when the filamentary element is pulled in an opposite, second direction through tissue for holding the wound closure device stationary. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081322 | Methods and devices for threading sutures - Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one embodiment, an elongate weave of fibers can be provided having a first portion with a first pick count and a second portion with a second pick count that is greater than the first pick count. The first portion can have a cross-section that deforms in response to a force that is applied thereto. The first portion can have a collapsible diameter and can have a bending stiffness that is lower than a bending stiffness of the second portion of the suture. The first portion can also have a first pattern that is different than a second pattern on the second portion of the suture. The first portion can be threaded into a suture anchor such that it can be doubled over upon itself. The present invention also provides exemplary sutures and drivers that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art. | 03-20-2014 |
20140114351 | TENDON REPAIR APPARATUS - An apparatus configured for coupling two portions of tissue of a subject, such as two portions of a transected tendon. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a first and second helical element and a locking element. Each helical element is configured to be coupled to a portion of tissue, and the locking element is configured to couple the first helical element to the second helical element such that the helical elements are collinear. | 04-24-2014 |
20140135833 | COATED LOOPED SUTURE - A suture including a reinforced loop is described herein. The suture includes an elongate body including a proximal section and a distal section, wherein the distal section includes first and second overlapping sections and a loop. A polymeric coating is positioned on at least a portion of the distal section to reinforce the loop. | 05-15-2014 |
20140163611 | Anesthetic Suture - A multi-filament surgical suture comprising cover and core layers is differentially coated or impregnated with a long-acting local anesthetic so as produce a differential distribution of the anesthetic within the suture. The differential distribution of the anesthetic within the suture can be adjusted so as to release a uniform or variable prescribed dosage of the anesthetic at a uniform or variable prescribed rate over one or more prescribed intervals. The time-release period and the rate of anesthetic release can be regulated to suit the needs of the specific patient and/or the nature of the surgical procedure. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163612 | NOVEL SUTURE - A knotless suture system formed from two lengths of suture joined at a suture junction point, with at least four suture limbs extending from the suture junction. The knotless suture system provides the ability to construct a suture bridge for soft tissue repair and fixation across a medial and lateral row bone fixation anchor configuration while passing the suture system in a simplified method of suture management. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163613 | Method And Apparatus For Soft Tissue Fixation - A tissue fixation apparatus can include a flexible construct and an elongated locking member. The flexible construct can include at least two adjustable loops and tensioning members. The two adjustable loops can be configured to pass through the first tissue, and to be spaced apart along an outer surface of the first tissue in a first direction. The tensioning members can extend from the two adjustable loops, and can be configured to reduce the two adjustable loops from a first size to a second size. The flexible construct can be attached to the second tissue by an anchor. The locking member can be configured to be received within the two adjustable loops at the first size, and to engage the two adjustable loops at the second size. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163614 | Flexible Anchors For Tissue Fixation - A method for securing an anchor to tissue includes positioning the anchor in an area of the tissue. The anchor can include a flexible first tubular member, a flexible second tubular member, and a first suture member. The first tubular member can include a first wall defining a first passage between first and second ends. The second tubular member can include a second wall defining a second passage between first and second ends. The first suture member can couple the first tubular member and the second tubular member. The first suture member can pass through the first wall and the first passage and the second wall and the second passage. The first tubular member and the second tubular member can engage each other and deform to form an anchoring mass upon tensioning the first suture member. | 06-12-2014 |
20140188163 | SURGICAL CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS FOR SECURING TISSUE - Suture constructs and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone. One exemplary embodiment of a construct includes a first limb, a second limb, a coaxial region, and a collapsible snare defined by the first and second limbs. The coaxial region can be formed by a portion of the second limb being disposed in a volume of the first limb, which allows for a low profile construct that is useful in various soft tissue repair procedures. The construct can be configured to be disposed in tissue to draw the tissue toward bone, and the coaxial region can be deconstructed so that the first and second limbs can be used to help secure the desired location of the tissue with respect to the bone. Various features of the construct and methods for using the same in a surgical procedure are also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188164 | Surgical Constructs and Methods for Securing Tissue - Suture constructs and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone. One exemplary embodiment of a construct includes a first limb, a second limb, a coaxial region, and a collapsible snare defined by the first and second limbs. The coaxial region can be formed by a portion of the second limb being disposed in a volume of the first limb, which allows for a low profile construct that is useful in various soft tissue repair procedures. The construct can be configured to be disposed in tissue to draw the tissue toward bone, and the coaxial region can be deconstructed so that the first and second limbs can be used to help secure the desired location of the tissue with respect to the bone. Various features of the construct and methods for using the same in a surgical procedure are also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20140222071 | LOCALLY REVERSIBLE BARBED SUTURES - A wound closure device includes a flexible filament having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends. A plurality of barbs project outwardly from the flexible filament. Each barb has a base connected with the flexible filament, a blunt tip spaced from the base, a leading edge extending between the base and the blunt tip and facing toward the first end of the flexible filament, and a trailing edge extending between the base and the tip and facing toward the second end of the flexible filament. The trailing edge of the barb and the longitudinal axis of the flexible filament define an angle of at least 68° that opens toward the second end of the flexible filament. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236229 | SUTURE THREAD - A suture thread having: a thread-shaped main body with spikes and a stopper cylinder having a diameter enlarged with respect to the main body is described. | 08-21-2014 |
20140249577 | KNOTLESS FILAMENTARY FIXATION DEVICES, ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE - In one embodiment, the present invention include a method of securing tissue using a filamentary construct, the method including the steps of passing a length of filament through or around tissue; implanting a filamentary sleeve, formed of filament, into tissue; and passing at least a portion of the length of filament at least partially through the filamentary sleeve to form a one-way cleat. The present invention also provides for various devices, systems, assemblies, kits and methods of use, assembly and manufacture thereof. | 09-04-2014 |
20140257378 | Visual Aid For Identifying Suture Limbs Arthroscopically - A flexible suture for coupling tissue includes a first suture portion extending to a first end and a second suture portion extending to a second end. A plurality of braided strands form the first and second suture portions. An identifier characteristic is formed into the plurality of braided strands. The identifier characteristic extends from the first end of the first suture portion to the second end of the second suture portion, and the identifier characteristic distinguishes the first suture portion from the second suture portion. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257379 | COLLAPSIBLE LOCKING SUTURE - A device including a self-locking suture including both a braided section and a monofilament section is provided. The monofilament includes a single strand. The braided section includes three or more strands that are intertwined or woven together. The terminal end of the braid is compressible to take on a radially expanded configuration. The braided structure is temporarily fixable in the open configuration providing a wide berth opening. A needle at the terminal end of the monofilament is insertable through the wide berth opening and pushed out through the back wall of the expanded braid, after which the braid can be pulled on to collapse it down onto the barbed monofilament. The construct may then be tightened onto the tissues to be joined, and the one-way locking mechanism between the braided trap and the directionally biased suture automatically engages. Another aspect includes a method of fastening tissue using the device. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257380 | METHOD OF CONNECTING BODY TISSUE TO A BONE - An improved method of connecting body tissue to a bone in a body. The method includes utilizing an anchor with a conical leading end, a trailing end, a central longitudinal axis passing through the leading and trailing ends, at least two suture passages extending through the anchor transverse to the central longitudinal axis, and a length. The leading end of the anchor has a maximum dimension transverse to the central longitudinal axis that is less than a maximum dimension of the trailing end transverse to the central longitudinal axis. The anchor includes at least one of the suture passages having a portion of a suture positioned therein. The method includes advancing the anchor to insert the leading end of the anchor first through an aperture in a cortical layer of the bone to place the entire anchor within cancellous tissue of the bone, wherein the length of the anchor is greater than a width of the aperture. The method also includes applying a force to the anchor by pulling on the suture to rotate the anchor within the cancellous tissue of the bone to prevent the anchor from passing back through the aperture in the cortical layer of the bone. The method also includes attaching the suture to the body tissue to be connected to the bone. | 09-11-2014 |
20140277121 | ADJUSTABLE CONTINUOUS FILAMENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND USE - A method of assembling an adjustable continuous filament assembly whereby a single length of filament is spliced to form a nonadjustable portion and a single free segment. The single free segment is introduced into the inner core of the nonadjustable portion at a first position. The single free segment is passed through at least a portion of the inner core of the nonadjustable portion. The single free segment is withdrawn from the nonadjustable portion at a second position, thereby forming an adjustable portion secured to the nonadjustable portion and adjustable by the single free segment. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277122 | Continuous Braided Closed Loop Implant - Devices and systems for use in soft tissue repair are provided, as are methods of manufacturing the same. In one exemplary embodiment, an implantable surgical construct includes an implant and a continuous braided closed filament loop that is attached to the implant. The continuous loop can be formed from a single strand of filament such that portions of the filament, sometimes referred to as tails, can be arranged with respect to each other to form a braided configuration. A related method of manufacture can involve passing portions of a single strand of filament around different sets of posts and selectively over and under each other to create the braided configuration. Other devices, systems, and methods of manufacturing are also provided, including some that involve using multiple strands of suture to form a continuous braided closed filament loop. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277123 | Endoscopic Suture Cinch System With Replaceable Cinch - A suture cinch, cinch applicator, and cinch loader for loading the cinch into the cinch applicator are provided and permit re-use of the applicator with multiple cinches during an endoscopic procedure. The applicator can be loaded with a first cinch, apply the first cinch onto a portion of suture to fix the portion of suture relative to anatomical tissue, reloaded with a second cinch optionally using the loader, and subsequently used to apply the second cinch to fix another portion of suture to fix the other portion of suture relative to anatomical tissue. The cinch is a tubular member through which the suture can be advanced when the cinch is loaded within the applicator. The cinch defines multiple ribs and cutter defined in a wall thereof. Operation of the applicator deforms the ribs inward to retain the cinch on the suture, and displaces the cutter to sever the suture. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277124 | TISSUE ANCHORING AND DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMS - Tissue anchoring and deployment systems are described herein. Generally, an anchor housing may define a receiving channel within or along its periphery. A securement member which is adjustably slidable relative to the receiving channel and further defining a suture receiving channel along a portion of the member may also be used such that the suture receiving channel is aligned with an opening defined along a first surface. The securement member and a compression surface along the receiving channel are spaced apart from one another and form a suture compression interface. Additionally, a length of suture may also be used where the suture has a first portion positioned along the suture compression interface and a second portion passed through the suture receiving channel and opening along the first surface. The compression interface has a height which is sized to be relatively smaller than a diameter of the first portion of suture. | 09-18-2014 |
20140309688 | KNOTLESS FILAMENT ANCHOR FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for securing tissue to bone, including drilling a bone hole into the bone; passing a filament through the tissue, the filament including a first end, a second end and a length therebetween, the second end having a loop; passing the first end of the filament through the loop of the filament; pulling on the first end of the filament such that the loop travels along the length of the filament and to the tissue; passing an anchor along the length of the filament, from the first end towards the loop and tissue; engaging the loop with a distal end of the anchor; positioning the distal end of the anchor, with the loop of the filament, into the bone hole; and securing the anchor in the bone. | 10-16-2014 |
20140316460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING TISSUE TO BONE - Apparatus for securing a first object to a second object, said apparatus comprising:
| 10-23-2014 |
20140336702 | EXPANDABLE CLIP FOR TISSUE REPAIR - An apparatus, system, and method for repairing openings such as septal defects includes advancing a catheter to the site of the defect, grasping opposing edges of the defect, passing one or more suture lines through the opposing edges, tightening the suture lines, and deploying and expanding a fastener to secure the suture lines and close the defect. The fastener can include tissue-growth-inducing materials to encourage tissue growth onto or into the fastener and/or suture. The fastener includes a locking clip portion and a plug portion, which may be an expandable portion and/or tissue-growth-inducing portion. | 11-13-2014 |
20140343604 | Soft Tissue Fixation Using A Looped Suture Construct - A looped suture construct is formed by looping a suture on itself and slidably connecting the suture through an anchoring structure such that a looped end and a free end of the suture are on opposite sides of the slidable connection. The anchoring structure may be bone, a suture anchor, or another structure securely attached to bone. The looped end and the free end are passed through the soft tissue to be repaired. The free end is then passed through the looped end. Tension is applied to the free end to draw the soft tissue into contact with the desired bone, whereupon the free end is secured to maintain the tension. The looped suture end remains open and positioned on one side or surface of the soft tissue. Suture anchors of the invention are pre-loaded with at least one suture having a looped end and at least one free end. | 11-20-2014 |
20140364904 | KNOTLESS SUTURE, AND KIT CONTAINING SAME - The present invention relates to a suture which is firmly maintained and fixed to an operation site to stably sustain suturing or lifting effects for a long time. More specifically, the present invention provides a suture having a conic or pyramidal shape with a cut top, wherein a suture supporter comprising a communication hole penetrating the both ends is provided at one end. The suture support can have one or more portions which are cut vertically from a lower end at a lower end portion having a larger diameter between the both ends, or a part of the lower end can be removed so as to form one or more gaps formed from the end at a wall of the end portion. | 12-11-2014 |
20140379027 | SUTURING CONSTRUCT WITH SPLICED TAILS - A surgical construct having a flexible strand with a middle region and at least two opposing tail regions that are spliced to form a single tail. The middle region has a first diameter and the opposing tail regions have a second diameter, which is smaller than the first diameter. The tail regions may have similar or different diameters. Because of the thin spliced tail regions, the suturing construct of the present invention can be easily inserted into suture/tape passing and retrieving instruments and passed through soft tissue (such as a rotator cuff). Once the suturing construct has been passed through tissue, the splice may be cut to allow the suture/tape to have again individual tails. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012038 | Surgical Filament Snare Assemblies - A surgical filament snare assembly including an anchor capable of being fixated in bone and having a filament engagement feature. A first filament has a noose with first and second noose limbs connected, preferably slidably connected, to the filament engagement feature of the anchor. The first and second noose limbs emerge from the anchor as first and second free filament limbs which are capable of being passed through tissue to be repaired and then passable through the noose. The noose, such as one or more half-hitches, is capable of receiving the free filament limbs and strangulating them when tension is applied to at least one of the free filament limbs and the noose to enable incremental tensioning of the tissue after the anchor is fixated. Preferably, the snare assembly further includes a flexible sleeve joining at least some portion of the first and second free filament limbs to facilitate passing of the free filament limbs at least through the tissue as a single unit. | 01-08-2015 |
20150032154 | SUTURE FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR - A method for repairing a soft tissue includes boring a first nest in a portion of a bone at a first location, boring a second nest through a portion of the bone at a second location, shuttling a suture from a top surface of the soft tissue to a bottom surface of the soft tissue, disposing a first suture anchor in the first nest and fixating the first suture anchor to the first location, passing the suture through the first suture anchor, the bottom surface of the soft tissue and the top surface of the soft tissue to form a medial row, disposing a second suture anchor in the second nest and fixating the second suture anchor to the second location, passing the suture through the second suture anchor from the top surface of the soft tissue to form a lateral row, and tensioning the suture. | 01-29-2015 |
20150039025 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR WOUND CLOSURE - A wound closure device includes a shaft, a sleeve, a suture, and a cartridge. The sleeve is disposed about the shaft and defines first and second sleeve arms movable between a retracted position, wherein the sleeve arms extend along the shaft, and a deployed position, wherein the sleeve arms extend outwardly from the shaft. The cartridge includes a base and first and second cartridge arms. The base is configured for releasable coupling with the shaft and defining a pocket configured to retain an intermediate portion of the suture. The first and second cartridge arms are configured for positioning adjacent the respective first and second sleeve arms and are configured to move in conjunction with the respective first and second sleeve arms between the retracted and deployed positions. The first and second cartridge arms are configured to retain first and second ends of the suture, respectively. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039026 | ADJUSTABLE GRAFT FIXATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for securing a soft tissue graft to bone are provided herein. In one embodiment, a surgical implant can include an elongate body having a longitudinal axis extending therealong and having first and second through-holes that are offset to a first side of the longitudinal axis and a third through-hole that is offset to a second side of the longitudinal axis and that is positioned between the first and second through-holes. The implant can also include a suture length extending through the first, second, and third through-holes such that a self-locking knot is formed on a first side of the body and a plurality of suture loops are formed on a second side of the body opposite the first side. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039027 | Tissue Fixation Device - A tissue fixation device includes an elongated body extending between a proximal portion and a distal portion including a plurality of barbed loops. The elongated body, proximal portion, and distal portion are provided in a variety of configurations depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045831 | SURGICAL BRAIDS - Apparatuses and methods for making surgical braids, the apparatuses and methods having active and passive tracks. Additionally, various embodiments of surgical braids having changing patterns of traces, alternating colors, alternating cores, and tubular and flat sections, and combinations thereof. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045832 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SECURING TISSUE USING A SUTURE HAVING ONE OR MORE PROTRUSIONS - Systems, devices, and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical repair construct includes an anchor, a filament having a snare on one end and a collapsible loop on another end, and a suture having a plurality of stationary protrusions. The suture is configured to be coupled to detached tissue and have its ends passed through an opening in the snare. The snare can be collapsed around the suture so at least one of the protrusions is proximal of the collapsed snare. The anchor can be disposed in bone and the filament coupled thereto. Accordingly, collapsing the snare around the suture couples the tissue to bone, and applying tension to a tensioning limb of the filament can collapse the loop to incrementally tighten and secure the tissue to bone. Other exemplary systems, devices, and methods for use with tissue repair are also provided. | 02-12-2015 |
20150051642 | Tissue Fixation Device - A tissue fixation device includes an elongated body extending between a distal portion including a barbed loop, and a proximal portion including a blunt tip. The elongated body, proximal portion, and distal portion are provided in a variety of configurations depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use. | 02-19-2015 |
20150051643 | SURGICAL SUTURES INCORPORATED WITH STEM CELLS OR OTHER BIOACTIVE MATERIALS - Materials and methods for immobilizing bioactive molecules, stem and other precursor cells, and other agents of therapeutic value in surgical sutures and other tissue scaffold devices are described herein. Broadly drawn to the integration and incorporation of bioactive materials into suture constructs, tissue scaffolds and medical devices, the present invention has particular utility in the development of novel systems that enable medical personnel performing surgical and other medical procedures to utilize and subsequently reintroduce bioactive materials extracted from a patient (or their allogenic equivalents) to a wound or target surgical site. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057705 | Pursestring Epicardial Pad Device - This invention relates to a disk device for anchoring one or more transluminal sutures, and methods for anchoring such sutures, especially for anchoring transcatheter heart valves. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066078 | Looped Tissue Fixation Device - A tissue fixation device includes a barbed body in a general figure eight configuration including a first loop intersecting a second loop. The barbed body may include a third loop at a proximal end thereof, and/or a pledget at a distal end thereof. The configuration of the tissue fixation device may vary depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066079 | SUTURE TAPE WITH EXTERIOR SUTURE STRANDS - Tape constructs for fixation of soft tissue to bone, or of soft tissue to soft tissue. The tape construct includes a thin tape material with at least one thread positioned on the exterior of the thin tape material. Preferably, two threads are provided only on the exterior of the thin tape material, the threads extending in a direction about longitudinal with the thin tape material and abutting the edges or rims of the tape. The two exterior threads act like a parachute for compression of tissue and also allow the tape to fold easily to reduce the diameter of the tape construct for tissue passing and instrument passing. The construct is a simple, collapsible, flexible, parachute-like structure that allows easy threading and passing through instruments. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066080 | High-Strength Multi-Component Suture - A method for making an expanded, and optionally multi-component and/or colored PTFE monofilament is disclosed. The method includes forming a first paste by mixing a PTFE powder with a hydrocarbon solvent; forming an extrusion preform by pressing the first paste into a form; curing the extrusion preform by exposing the extrusion preform to a first temperature for a first time duration; forming a green monofilament by extruding the first paste through a die; expanding the green monofilament by exposing the green monofilament to a second temperature for a second time duration, the second time duration occurring after the first time duration; stretching the green monofilament substantially along a longitudinal axis of the green monofilament, the stretching the green monofilament occurring after the expanding the green monofilament; and sintering the green monofilament after the stretching the green monofilament. The method may include doing all or some of the expanding, stretching and sintering steps simultaneously. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066081 | VARIABLE DENIER YARN AND SUTURE - A method of suturing includes: (1) wrapping a first segment of a suture through a traction loop; (2) pulling the traction loop and the first segment through an opening in a suture lock; (3) continuing to pull the traction loop such that a second segment of the suture extends through the opening, wherein the second segment has a greater denier than the first segment such that the second segment more nearly fills an entire dimension of the opening than the first segment; and (4) locking the suture in place with the second segment in the opening. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073473 | Tissue Fixation Device - A tissue fixation device includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and including a proximal end and a distal end. At least two barbed segments diverge distally away from the distal end of the elongated body and a pledget is disposed at distal ends of the barbed segments. The elongated body, barbed segments, and pledget are provided in a variety of configurations depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073474 | CONCENTRIC BARBED SUTURE - A barbed suture and a method of forming a barbed suture are disclosed. The barbed suture includes a core fiber and a sheet, which can be monolithic or formed from a plurality of longitudinally extending fibers, which is placed around the core fiber. | 03-12-2015 |
20150088196 | SUTURE FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR - A system for repairing a soft tissue includes a first suture anchor, a suture and a second suture anchor. The first suture anchor is disposed at a first location on a bone. The suture is defined by a first end and a second end. The second suture anchor disposed at a second location on the bone. The suture is passed through the first suture anchor and the second suture anchor to form a medial row and a lateral row to repair the soft tissue. | 03-26-2015 |
20150094760 | SURGICAL SUTURE MATERIAL WITH BARBS CUT INTO IT IN THE UNDRAWN STATE - A surgical suture material includes a drawn elongate main body and barbs adapted to anchor in human and/or animal tissues, wherein the barbs are partially in drawn form. | 04-02-2015 |
20150119934 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL ACCESS - One embodiment is directed to a system for closing a wound created across a portion of a tissue structure, comprising a suture member having proximal and distal ends; an anchor member coupled to the distal end of the suture member; a tension retainer assembly releasably coupleable to the suture member; and a suture buttress movably intercoupled to the suture member between the anchor member and the tension retainer and configured to minimize direct sliding contact between the suture member and the tissue structure portion around the location of the suture buttress. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127047 | SLING SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE THUMB OF A PATIENT AFTER BASAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY - A sling suspension system for supporting the thumb of a patient after basal joint arthroplasty, the sling suspension system comprising: an index metacarpal anchor, a thumb metacarpal anchor and a sling for securing the thumb metacarpal anchor to the index metacarpal anchor; the index metacarpal anchor comprising at least one bone-engaging element for engaging the index metacarpal and a sling-engaging element for capturing the sling to the index metacarpal anchor; the thumb metacarpal anchor comprising at least one bone-engaging element for engaging the thumb metacarpal and a sling-engaging element for capturing the sling to the thumb metacarpal anchor; and the sling comprising an elongated body having a first anchor-engaging element for securing the sling to the sling-engaging element of the index metacarpal anchor, and a second anchor-engaging element for securing the sling to the sling-engaging element of the thumb metacarpal anchor, wherein the second anchor-engaging element is adjustable. | 05-07-2015 |
20150133997 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR SURGICAL SUTURE FIXATION - A surgical suture fixation system includes a delivery guide, an anchor, a movable anchor deployment component and a spring mechanism provided between the delivery guide and the anchor deployment component. The anchor is received in the anchor deployment component. The anchor is attached to a length of suture that passes through a channel in the delivery guide to connect with a fixation device outside the delivery guide. The anchor deployment component is configured to deliver the anchor into a tissue location. The system is adapted to fixing the suture to the tissue location with the anchor for supporting an implantable support material in a patient. A method of fixing the surgical suture to the tissue is also disclosed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133998 | Compound Barb Medical Device and Method - A compound barb medical device is provided which includes an elongated body having at least one barb formed along the length of the body, the barb defining an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. Optionally, the barb defines a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. A method for forming a compound barb on a medical device is also provided. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142050 | Suture and Soft Anchor Assembly and Method of Making the Same - A method of anchoring a suture into a pilot hole in bone, utilizing a suture anchor. A lumen-defining circular soft wall, having a first and second end, is slidably engaged to a piece of suture, a first length of which extends from the first end of the wall and is threaded through the lumen from the second end, and a second length of which extends from the second end and is threaded through the lumen from the first end. The suture anchor is introduced into the pilot hole so that the first length and second length of suture material extend out of the pilot hole. The first length and second length are pulled on alternately, thereby permitting the suture anchor structure to slide on the piece of suture material, and to be compacted evenly by the pulling, until the suture anchor is set in the pilot hole. | 05-21-2015 |
20150335327 | SUTURE TAPE ASSEMBLY HAVING A MIDPOINT MARK - A method of forming a suture tape assembly having a visually distinguishable midpoint includes weaving a longitudinally central portion of a length of round suture material together with other strands of material to form a length of suture tape. This suture tape has a longitudinal first end and a longitudinal second end, and the length of round suture material extends from both the first end and second end. Next, a center part of the length of the round suture material is grasped and pulled outwardly from the suture tape, to form a partial loop extending outwardly from the suture tape. This partial loop is cut from the suture tape, thereby leaving a longitudinally medial segment of the suture tape without the round suture material, and thereby being made visibly distinguishable from neighboring suture tape, which includes the round suture material. | 11-26-2015 |
20150342596 | SUTURE ANCHOR WITH INSERT-MOLDED RIGID MEMBER - A threaded suture anchor with an eyelet shield transversely molded at a distal end of the anchor body, over which one or more strands of suture is looped. The anchor body is threaded and has a tapered distal portion. The proximal end portion of the suture anchor body has a opening to accept a drive head. The peripheral surface defining opening is rounded and smooth to prevent abrading sutures placed in contact therewith. In another embodiment, a push-in anchor is provided with an eyelet shield at the proximal end of the anchor. | 12-03-2015 |
20150351739 | FILAMENTARY FIXATION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE - A fixation device formed from a single length of filament includes a locking splice forming a first loop disposed at a first end of the fixation device. The device also includes an intermediate segment fixed to and extending away from the locking splice. Further included in the device is a tortuous segment fixed to and extending away from the locking splice. The tortuous segment is slidably engaged to the intermediate segment at a plurality of spaced apart locations along the length of the tortuous segment. | 12-10-2015 |
20150351759 | METHOD FOR SECURING TISSUE - An apparatus and method is disclosed for securing tissue to a bone comprising a novel screw anchor for insertion into a bone by a novel rotational driver. The screw anchor and rotation driver enables the screw to be completely embedded into the bone while permitting a suture to be threaded through a transverse aperture in the screw. The rotation driver facilitates insertion and engagement of a capture with one of a series of protuberance formed along a length of a suture. In addition, the method is disclosed of forming the series of protuberance. | 12-10-2015 |
20150359533 | SUTURE FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR - A method for repairing a soft tissue includes passing an asymmetric suture having a first region proximal to a first end of the suture, an asymmetric second region, and a third region proximal to a second end of the suture through a first suture anchor located at a first location on a bone beneath the soft tissue, passing the suture from the first suture anchor to a top surface of the soft tissue such that the first region of the suture forms a medial row, extending the suture along the top surface of the soft tissue such that the asymmetric second region of the suture forms a lateral row that lays across the top surface of the soft tissue, passing the suture through a second suture anchor located at a second location on the bone beneath the soft tissue, and tensioning the suture. | 12-17-2015 |
20160000421 | ADJUSTABLE SUTURE KNOT - Knots and methods of forming knots made of flexible material for use in a surgical environment are described. The knots include one or more ways to unlock at least a portion of the knot. | 01-07-2016 |
20160106410 | Minimally invasive surgical technique to perform vaginal ostioplastic and anus tightening - A method to perform mini-invasive vaginal ostium plastic surgery and anal tightening procedures, includes:
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20160106421 | A SHAFT-PUSHED FASTENABLE SUTURE - A shaft-pushed fastenable suture configured for suturing a first tissue with a second tissue and/or for ligation of blood vessels and/or hollow structured organs. The fastenable suture characterized by an elongated flexible cord with one or more teeth, protruding from same. The fastenable suture further comprises a male-head at the distal end and an accepting female-head at the proximal end. The male-head is in connection with an anchor. The anchor configured to be temporarily accommodated by a distal end of a pushing-shaft. The female-head comprises a suture accepting-channel and a neighboring pushing-shaft accepting-channel. At least one of the two accepting-channels comprising one or more flexible pawls for both allowing, by means of the teeth, a continuous linear forward motion of the male-head and the cord within the accepting-channel in only one direction, while preventing motion of the male-head and cord in a backward direction and allowing only the pushing-shaft a reversible reciprocal motion. | 04-21-2016 |
20160106422 | Suture Having a Restraining Element at an End and Method and Use Thereof - Polymeric fibers, and apparatuses for and methods of processing such fibers to be useful as sutures, where at least one end of a fiber includes a termination feature. The termination feature is formed through the application of energy to a coiled region of the fiber. | 04-21-2016 |
20160135809 | ADHESIVE-COATED SUTURES - The field of the disclosure relates generally to sutures and, more specifically, to enhancing suture repair mechanics using adhesives. | 05-19-2016 |
20160157861 | CLOSED LOOP SUTURE FOR ANCHORING TISSUE GRAFTS - A method and device for securing a tissue graft within a bone passage includes providing a graft fixation device that houses a closed loop having both braided and non-braided portions. A tissue graft is looped through the closed loop at the non-braided portion to attach the tissue graft to the graft fixation device. The graft fixation device is passed through the bone passage and seated against the surface of the bone to secure the tissue graft within the bone passage. | 06-09-2016 |
20160166246 | Methods and Devices for Threading Sutures | 06-16-2016 |
20160174961 | METHODS OF SOFT TISSUE FIXATION USING FILAMENTARY TISSUE ANCHORS | 06-23-2016 |
20160183942 | ROUND-FLAT-ROUND SURGICAL BRAIDS - A surgical braid comprising two non-flat sections; a tape section, the tape section being generally flat, the tape section being positioned between the two non-flat sections; and the tape section comprising a single braid, and the two non-flat sections and the tape section being formed with a continuous and gap-less braid. | 06-30-2016 |
20180021034 | SUTURE LOCKING LOOPS AND METHOD OF USE | 01-25-2018 |
20190142419 | ELECTRICALLY WELDABLE SUTURE MATERIAL, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING WELDED SUTURE LOOPS AND OTHER WELDED STRUCTURES | 05-16-2019 |