US 10,441,269 B1 · Deformable fastener system

Abstract

The guidance and positioning device may be a system for creating a passage in tissue, positioning fasteners or other implants, and tensioning an elongated fastening member, like a suture, thread, wire, or pin. In some embodiments, the device may allow for the implantation of multiple sutures and fasteners in tissue. A fastener may be positioned at the distal end of a flexible pushrod. The fastener may be connected with the pushrod or may be loosely fitted with the distal end of the pushrod. A suture may be looped through or connected with the fastener such that one, two, or more sections, legs, strands, or portions of the suture extend from the fastener.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A fastener system comprising:

a flexible hollow fastener comprising a mesh of biocompatible fibers;
and
a flexible elongate fastening member configured to extend through the flexible hollow fastener, wherein legs of the flexible elongate fastening member are configured to extend from the flexible hollow fastener,
wherein the flexible hollow fastener is configured to deform from a first configuration to a second configuration to secure the flexible hollow fastener in a first body tissue when at least one of the legs of the flexible elongate fastening member is tensioned relative to the body tissue,
wherein the flexible elongate fastening member is configured to slide through the flexible hollow fastener under tension when the flexible hollow fastener is in the first configuration and the second configuration, and
wherein the flexible elongate fastening member is configured to secure a second body tissue to the first body tissue.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/510,484Filed 12 Jul 2019 · continuation

Priority

5 Oct 2005

Published

US 2019/0328381 A131 Oct 2019

Granted

15 Oct 2019

Term ends

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Classification67 codes

A61B 17/0401
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to…
A61B 17/0218
For holding wounds open, e.g. retractors; Tractors: for minimally invasive surgery
A61B 17/0469
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g.…
A61B 17/0482
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: needle or suture guides

Family

Application11/202,294Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Oct 2005

Application13/871,892Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Apr 2013

US 9,463,012 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Oct 2016

Application15/726,503Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Oct 2017

US 9,814,453 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Nov 2017

US 10,376,259 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2007/0088362 A1Published application

US 2013/0274769 A1Published application

US 2018/0028172 A1Published application

US 2019/0328381 A1Published application

US 10,441,269 B1This patent

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Abstract

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