Surgical Suture System
AssigneeZiptek LLC.
InventorWilliam F. Bennett
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Abstract
A surgical suture system, suture, and tissue engaging member for tissue repair and reattachment of torn tissue to a tissue substrate, medical prosthesis or medical implant. The system includes the elongated flexible suture member having a plurality of longitudinally spaced protuberances along a length thereof and one or a plurality of the tissue engaging members each of which include two closely spaced apart locking apertures sized and configured to receive one of the suture members passed therethrough or a unique single locking aperture to allow longitudinal tensioning and/or restraining movement of the suture member in only one direction through the locking apertures for suture member tightening.
Claims21
In a surgical suture system for tissue repair and reattachment of torn tissue to a tissue substrate or medical implant to tissue including an elongated flexible suture having a plurality of longitudinally spaced protuberances along a length thereof, the improvement comprising:
- a tissue engaging member including a body having two closely spaced apart locking apertures sized to receive said suture member passed therethrough for longitudinal movement of said suture member in only one direction through said locking apertures.
A surgical tissue engaging member for tissue repair and reattachment of torn tissue to a tissue substrate, medical prosthesis, or medical implant in conjunction with an elongated slender flexible suture member having a plurality of longitudinally spaced protuberances along a length thereof, said tissue engaging member comprising:
- a body including two closely spaced apart locking apertures each sized to receive said suture member passed therethrough to cooperatively restrict longitudinal movement of said suture member to only one direction through said locking apertures.
A medically implantable device for tissue repair and reattachment of torn tissue to a tissue substrate or to a medical implant in conjunction with an elongated flexible suture having a plurality of longitudinally spaced protuberances along a length thereof, said device comprising:
- a body including at least one locking aperture formed therethrough and being sized and configured to receive a suture being inserted into said aperture for continued longitudinal movement of the suture in only one direction through said aperture.
A medically implantable device as set forth in Class 14, wherein:
- said body includes spaced resilient, elastic layers connected between rigid, solid segments wherein said suture locking aperture is expandable responsive to forced movement of each protuberance therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.