# US 12,213,842 B2 · Apparatus for preventing device deployment failure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,213,842 B2 - Document ID: US12213842B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/188,761 - Filed: 2023-03-23 - Published: 2023-07-13 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-21 - Assignees: Teleflex Life Sciences Limited - Applicants: Teleflex Life Sciences LLC - Inventors: Kevin Alexander Lessard; Christopher Zaler; Jolene Cutts; Alexander Charles Gordon; Maheshwara Rao; Mitchell C. Barham - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12213842B2 ## CPC - A61B 17/320016: {Endoscopic cutting instruments, e.g. arthroscopes, resectoscopes (A61B10/0233, A61B17/29, A61B17/3207 take precedence)} - A61B 90/03: {Automatic limiting or abutting means, e.g. for safety} - A61B 17/00234: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)} - A61B 17/0401: {Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors (A61B17/0642 takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments A61F2/0811)} - A61B 17/0469: {Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery} - A61B 17/0482: {Needle or suture guides (guides for drills, pins or wire A61B17/17; guides for puncturing needles A61B17/3403)} - A61B 17/06: Needles {; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations}; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials - A61B 17/3415: {for introducing tubes or catheters, e.g. gastrostomy tubes, drain catheters (A61B17/3417 takes precedence; body piercing catheter guide needles A61M25/06)} - A61B 17/3468: {for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires (devices for implanting seeds A61M37/0069)} - A61B 90/08: {Accessories or related features not otherwise provided for} - A61B 17/29: Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery - A61B 18/14: Probes or electrodes therefor - A61B 2017/00274: {Prostate operation, e.g. prostatectomy, turp, bhp treatment} - A61B 2017/00407: {Ratchet means} - A61B 2017/0409: {Instruments for applying suture anchors} - A61B 2034/301: {for introducing or steering flexible instruments inserted into the body, e.g. catheters or endoscopes} - A61B 2090/034: {abutting on parts of the device itself} - A61B 2090/0807: {Indication means} - A61B 2090/0811: {for the position of a particular part of an instrument with respect to the rest of the instrument, e.g. position of the anvil of a stapling instrument} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract An apparatus for preventing deployment failure or damage of a movable portion of a treatment device via a force limiting element in the treatment device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for manipulating tissue within a subject to treat a medical condition, the apparatus comprising: a first movable assembly coupled to a needle; a second movable assembly coupled to a suturing component, wherein the first movable assembly and the second movable assembly are configured to move relative to each other; a force limiting element coupled to the second movable assembly and a proximal portion of the suturing component, wherein the force limiting element is configured to maintain a position of the second movable assembly relative to the first movable assembly; and an implant configured for deployment within the tissue, the implant comprising one or more anchor members connected to a tensioning element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the suturing component comprises an elongate tubular member defining an inner lumen configured to accommodate a suture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first movable assembly is configured to move proximally relative to the second movable assembly. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the force limiting element comprises a spring. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a portion of the suturing component is configured to extend through a lumen defined by coils of the spring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the spring is a tension spring configured to extend in response to an increase in frictional force received at a distal end of the needle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the force limiting element comprises a latch configured to reversibly couple with a complementary notch defined by the second movable assembly. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the latch is configured to disengage from the notch in response to an increase in frictional force received at a distal end of the needle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein manipulating comprises retracting, lifting, compressing, displacing, approximating, supporting, remodeling, repositioning, ablating, or altering at least a portion of the tissue. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tissue comprises a prostate gland. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a portion of the suturing component extends through a passage defined by the second movable assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a friction element configured to conditionally prevent the suturing component from moving proximally through the passage. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a cross section of the suturing component is greatest at the friction element. ### Claim 14 A cartridge for delivering an implant, comprising: a housing; a movable assembly positioned within the housing and coupled to a suturing component, the suturing component comprising a suture and an elongate tubular member defining an inner lumen configured to accommodate the suture, wherein the movable assembly is configured to move relative to the housing; and a force limiting element coupled to the movable assembly and a proximal portion of the suturing component, the force limiting element configured to absorb frictional forces received at a distal portion of the suturing component during delivery of the implant to a tissue. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The cartridge of claim 14, wherein the force limiting element comprises a latch configured to reversibly couple with a complementary notch defined by the movable assembly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The cartridge of claim 14, wherein the force limiting element comprises a spring. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The cartridge of claim 14, further comprising a needle and an elongate assembly, wherein the needle is configured to slide longitudinally through the elongate assembly during delivery of the implant. ### Claim 18 An apparatus for manipulating tissue within a subject to treat a medical condition, the apparatus comprising: a first movable assembly coupled to a needle; a second movable assembly coupled to a suturing component, wherein the first movable assembly and the second movable assembly are configured to move relative to each other; a force limiting element coupled to the second movable assembly and a proximal portion of the suturing component, wherein the force limiting element is configured to maintain a position of the second movable assembly relative to the first movable assembly, wherein the force limiting element comprises a spring, and a portion of the suturing component is configured to extend through a lumen defined by coils of the spring.