Anchor delivery system and method
AssigneeEscala Medical Ltd.
InventorsRoger P. Goldberg, Douglas S. Scherr
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Abstract
A system for incisionless transvaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation, the system including an anchoring unit configured to affix a vaginal wall to a sacrospinous ligament; and a piercing tip configured to: pierce said vaginal wall, pierce said sacrospinous ligament, and deploy a first portion of said anchoring unit though said pierced vaginal wall and said pierced sacrospinous ligament, thereby disposing said first portion at said sacrospinous ligament.
Claims11
A system for incisionless transvaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation, the system comprising:
- an anchoring unit configured to affix a vaginal wall to a sacrospinous ligament, comprising:
- a collapsible anchor,
- at least one suture having a first end bonded to the anchor and a second end forming a loose tail;
- and
- at least one locking bead slidable along said loose tail;
- a piercing tip configured to:
- pierce said vaginal wall, and
- partially pierce said sacrospinous ligament to dispose said anchor within said sacrospinous ligament;
- and
- wherein the at least one locking bead is configured to affix the vaginal wall to the sacrospinous ligament by anchoring the loose tail of the at least one suture to the vaginal wall.
A method for incisionless transvaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation, the method comprising:
- providing an anchoring unit configured to affix a vaginal wall to a sacrospinous ligament, including:
- a collapsible anchor,
- at least one suture having a first end bonded to the anchor and a second end forming a loose tail;
- and
- at least one locking bead slidable along said loose tail,
- using a piercing tip, piercing a vaginal wall and partially piercing a sacrospinous ligament;
- disposing the anchor within said partially pierced sacrospinous ligament;
- and
- sliding the at least one locking bead along said loose tail and affixing the vaginal wall to the sacrospinous ligament by anchoring the loose tail of the at least one suture to the vaginal wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.