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US 11,684,358 B2Granted
Fusible biodegradable sutures utilizing tissue soldering technology
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsPeter J. Pereira, Jonathan Zoll
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Abstract
This disclosure concerns suburethral and pelvic support structures which utilize tissue soldering materials instead of, or in addition to, traditional tissue anchors and suture knots. It further concerns methods of treating patients that includes implanting these structures and activating the tissue soldering materials to attach the structures to a tissue in the body of the patient.
Claims20
A system for treating a patient, comprising:
- an implantable mesh including a longitudinal axis extending between a first end portion and a second end portion of the mesh, the implantable mesh having a first side edge and a second side edge opposite the first side edge;
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- a bioabsorbable suture including a tissue soldering material, the suture being coupled to the mesh and extending substantially linearly and parallel to the first side edge, the suture extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, the suture configured to be in a first state and in a second state, different than the first state, the second state being activated in response to contact or exposure to a stimulus thereby causing the suture to adhere to a bodily tissue of the patient the tissue soldering material includes a non-uniform coating that forms a texture configured to provide mechanical attachment to bodily tissue.
A system for treating a patient, comprising:
- an implantable mesh including a longitudinal axis extending between a first end portion and a second end portion of the mesh;
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- a bioabsorbable suture including a tissue soldering material, the suture being coupled to the mesh, the suture extending substantially linearly from the first end portion to the second end portion, the suture configured to be in a first state and in a second state, different than the first state, the second state being activated in response to contact or exposure to a stimulus such that the suture adheres to a bodily tissue of the patient, the tissue soldering material includes a non-uniform coating that forms a texture configured to help provide mechanical attachment to bodily tissue;
- a device including an energy source.
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