Tissue alignment for surgical closure
AssigneeSeger Surgical Solutions Ltd.
InventorsYaakov Greenberg, Shahar Harari, Barry Salky, Yaron Fuerst
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Abstract
A device for laparoscopically approximating edges of a tissue opening toward each other for surgical attachment, the device including a first tissue engaging component, and a second tissue engaging component, a spreader component for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component, and a control for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
Claims18
A device for laparoscopically approximating edges of a tissue opening toward each other for surgical attachment, the device comprising:
- a shaft comprising an elongate longitudinal portion that extends towards a distal end of said shaft;
- a first tissue engaging component coupled to said elongate longitudinal portion and configured to engage an opening in tissue at a first location in the opening;
- a second tissue engaging component coupled to said elongate longitudinal portion and configured to engage the opening at a second location in the opening;
- a spreader component comprising an elastic actuator configured to urge the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component to cause opposing edges of said opening to be drawn closer together;
- a control for moving the first tissue engaging component away from the second tissue engaging component, and
- first and second rests located adjacent said first and second tissue engaging components, respectively, for aligning a tissue attachment mechanism on a second line parallel to a first line between the first tissue engaging component and the second tissue engaging component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.