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US 2013/0211450 A1Published application
Tissue repair implant and delivery device and method
AssigneeMicro Interventional Devices, Inc.
InventorMichael P. WHITMAN
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Abstract
A device having an implant driver configured to anchor a first implant to a first portion of tissue and to anchor a second implant to a second portion of tissue, the first and second anchors being coupled to respective first and second sutures, and a winder configured to twist the first and second sutures together as the sutures are retracted, thereby bringing the first portion of tissue into approximation with the second portion of tissue.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- positioning a first implant in a first predetermined position adjacent a first tissue;
- positioning a second implant in a second predetermined position adjacent a second tissue;
- bringing the first and second tissues into apposition by pulling the first and second implants into apposition with each other;
- and
- creating multiple puncture wounds in each of the first and second tissues with the first and second implants.
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A method, comprising
- piercing a tissue with a hollow needle having an inner chamber and a sharp tip, a first self-expanding anchor having a collapsed position and an expanded position located within the inner chamber when in the collapsed position;
- driving the needle into a first predetermined position in a first portion of tissue;
- retracting the needle from the first predetermined position to leave the first anchor in the first predetermined position;
- and
- expanding the first anchor from the collapsed position to the expanded position upon retraction of the needle;
- wherein a first suture is attached to the first anchor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.