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US 12,496,060 B2Granted
Tissue surface piercing system and methods
AssigneeAltyx Medical, Inc.
InventorsDouglas Scherr, Roger Goldberg, Ghazaleh Rostami Nia
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Abstract
A system, including a needle guide defining a path of travel of a needle inserted through the guide, and a tissue manipulator configured to approximate tissue and said needle guide and to position at least a portion of the tissue in the path of travel of the needle, and wherein the tissue manipulator and the needle guide are alignable such that the path of travel crosses a same surface of the tissue a plurality of times.
Claims18
A tissue-pexy system, comprising:
- a needle guide having an elongated structure extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the elongated structure having—
- a cavity between the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein the cavity is configured to receive a portion of tissue, and
- a lumen configured to receive a needle, wherein the lumen includes a first lumen portion extending between the first end portion and the cavity and a second lumen portion extending between the second end portion and the cavity;
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- a tissue manipulator having a body and one or more deployable probes configured to be moved relative to the body between a first retracted position and a second deployed position, wherein the one or more deployable probes are configured to direct the portion of tissue into the cavity in the second deployed position,
- wherein the system is configured such that, when the one or more deployable probes directs the portion of tissue into the cavity and a needle is advanced through the lumen, the needle is configured to traverse the cavity and pierce the portion of tissue as it moves from the first lumen portion to the second lumen portion.
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A system, comprising:
- a needle guide having:
- an elongated structure extending between a first end portion and a second end portion,
- a cavity between said first end portion and said second end portion, and
- a lumen configured to receive a needle, wherein said lumen includes a first lumen portion extending between said first end portion and said cavity and a second lumen portion extending between said second end portion and said cavity, and wherein said needle guide defines a path of travel of said needle inserted through said guide;
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- a tissue manipulator having a body and configured to approximate tissue and said needle guide and to position at least a portion of said tissue in said path of travel of said needle via at least one deployable probe configured to be moved relative to said body between a first retracted position and a second deployed position;
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- wherein said tissue manipulator and said needle guide are alignable such that said path of travel is configured to cross a same surface of said tissue a plurality of times.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.