US 2016/0106421 A1 · A SHAFT-PUSHED FASTENABLE SUTURE

Abstract

A shaft-pushed fastenable suture configured for suturing a first tissue with a second tissue and/or for ligation of blood vessels and/or hollow structured organs. The fastenable suture characterized by an elongated flexible cord with one or more teeth, protruding from same. The fastenable suture further comprises a male-head at the distal end and an accepting female-head at the proximal end. The male-head is in connection with an anchor. The anchor configured to be temporarily accommodated by a distal end of a pushing-shaft. The female-head comprises a suture accepting-channel and a neighboring pushing-shaft accepting-channel. At least one of the two accepting-channels comprising one or more flexible pawls for both allowing, by means of the teeth, a continuous linear forward motion of the male-head and the cord within the accepting-channel in only one direction, while preventing motion of the male-head and cord in a backward direction and allowing only the pushing-shaft a reversible reciprocal motion.

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Dependent claims

1-77. (canceled)

A shaft-pushed fastenable suture (100) for suturing a first tissue with a second tissue, characterized by an elongated flexible cord (5), with one or more teeth (6) protruding from same, having a male-head (1) at the distal end and an accepting female-head (2) at the proximal end;

said male-head (1) is in connection with an anchor (3);
said anchor configured to be temporarily accommodated by a distal end (4b) of a pushing-shaft (4);
said female-head (2) comprising a suture accepting-channel (2a) and a neighboring pushing-shaft accepting-channel (2b);
at least one of said two accepting-channels (2a, 2b) comprising one or more flexible pawls (2c) for both allowing, by means of said teeth (6), a continuous linear forward motion of said male-head (1) and said cord (5) within said accepting-channel (2a, 2b) in only one direction, while preventing motion of said male-head (1) and cord (5) in a backward direction and allowing only said pushing-shaft (4) a reversible reciprocal motion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/787,475Filed 28 Apr 2014

Priority

29 Apr 2013

Published

21 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A61B 17/06166
Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: sutures
A61B 17/0401
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to…
A61B 17/06004
Needles ; Sutures; Needle-suture combinations; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: means for attaching suture to needle
A61B 17/11
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis

A shaft-pushed fastenable suture

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A shaft-pushed fastenable suture

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Abstract

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