Filament Implant System and Method
AssigneeGold Thread LLC
InventorsPawel W. Koziczynski, Richard L. Grant
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Abstract
A filament implant system including an insertion needle including an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the elongated body including a penetrating tip, and a filament releasably connected to the insertion needle such that the filament is engaged with the insertion needle when the insertion needle is advanced into tissue distally along the longitudinal axis and the filament is disengaged from the insertion needle when the insertion needle is withdrawn from the tissue proximally along the longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A filament implant system comprising:
- an insertion needle including an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said elongated body including a penetrating tip;
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- a filament releasably connected to said insertion needle such that said filament is engaged with said insertion needle when said insertion needle is advanced into tissue distally along said longitudinal axis and said filament is disengaged from said insertion needle when said insertion needle is withdrawn from said tissue proximally along said longitudinal axis.
A filament implant system comprising:
- an insertion needle including an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said elongated body including a penetrating tip having a recess formed therein;
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- a filament wrapped around said elongated body and including a distal end and a proximal end, wherein said distal end of said filament is received in said recess.
A method for implanting a filament in body tissue comprising the steps of:
- providing a filament implant system comprising an insertion needle including an elongated body having a distal end and a proximal end, said distal end of said elongated body including a penetrating tip, and a filament releasably engaged with said insertion needle;
- advancing said insertion needle into said body tissue, wherein said filament travels with said insertion needle during said advancing step;
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- withdrawing said insertion needle from said body tissue, wherein said filament is disengaged from said insertion needle during said withdrawing step such that said filament remains in said body tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.