Methods and devices for tensioning a wrap around a blood vessel
AssigneeSunshine Heart Company Pty Ltd
InventorsWilliam Peters, Scott Miller, Gemma Au-Yeung
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Abstract
A method of securing a flexible wrap (30) around a blood vessel (28). The wrap (30) being generally elongate and having first (30a) and second (30b) end portions. The method including the steps of 1. wrapping the flexible wrap around the blood vessel (28); 2. passing the first end (30a) of the wrap (30) through a buckle device (10) affixed substantially distally from the first end (30a) of the wrap (30); 3. adjusting the tension in the wrap (30) to a desired level by movement of the first end (30a) of the wrap (30) relative to the buckle device (10); 4. securing together adjacent parts of the wrap (30) substantially adjacent the blood vessel (28); and 5. removing the buckle device (10).
Claims35
A method of securing a flexible wrap around a blood vessel, the wrap being generally elongate and having first and second end portions, the method including the steps (1) wrapping the flexible wrap around the blood vessel;
- (2) passing the first end portion of the wrap through a buckle device affixed substantially distally from the first end portion of the wrap;
- (3) adjusting the tension in the wrap to a desired level by movement of the first end portion of the wrap relative to the buckle device;
- (4) securing together adjacent parts of the wrap substantially adjacent the blood vessel;
- and (5) removing the buckle device.
A flexible wrap adapted to be secured around a blood vessel within a patient, the wrap being generally elongate and having first and second end portions, there being attached to the wrap a buckle device through which the second end portion of the wrap may be threaded to allow the wrap to be drawn to a desired tension about the blood vessel, the buckle device being removable from the wrap after the end portions thereof have been connected together around the blood vessel.
A heart assist device wrap for use in securing a vessel to an arterial vessel, the wrap being generally elongate with two end portions and having a buckle device releasably attached thereto that includes at least a pair of substantially parallel legs with a gap therebetween through which the two end portions of the wrap can pass.
A buckle device for use in securing a wrap around an arterial vessel, the wrap being generally elongate and having two end portions, the buckle device including at least a pair of substantially parallel legs with a gap therebetween through which the two end portions of the wrap can pass, wherein at least one the legs is adapted for releasably fixing the wrap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.