Apparatus and method for fixating a device to a body tissue
OwnerYehuda Bacharinventor
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Abstract
The subject matter discloses an apparatus for fixating anchors to a body tissue, comprising a housing, two or more interconnected anchors mounted inside the housing and configured to be reinforced to the body tissue, wherein the housing has a first position in which the housing forms an aperture that enables release of an anchor of the two or more interconnected anchors and a second position preventing release of an anchor of the two or more interconnected anchors. The apparatus may be used to close openings in the abdominal cavity or to reinforce a mesh to a body tissue. The anchors released from the apparatus may be connected by filaments.
Claims29
An apparatus for fixating anchors to a body tissue, comprising:
- a housing;
- two or more interconnected anchors mounted inside the housing and configured to be reinforced to the body tissue;
- wherein the housing has a first position in which the housing forms an aperture that enables release of an anchor of the two or more interconnected anchors and a second position preventing release of an anchor of the two or more interconnected anchors.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing comprising a retractable needle located in a distal end of the housing;
- two or more anchors mounted in a cradle having a blunt tip, said cradle is inside the housing;
- wherein the blunt tip may be retracted and the sharp needle exposed during penetration through a more resilient tissue.
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A method for attaching a mesh to a cavity wall, comprising:
- introducing a mesh into the cavity;
- penetrating with an apparatus comprising anchors through the cavity wall;
- approximating the mesh to a body tissue;
- penetrating with the apparatus comprising anchors connected by filaments through the mesh at a first location;
- penetrating with the apparatus comprising anchors through the body tissue;
- releasing a first anchor from the apparatus within the body tissue;
- retracting the apparatus from the body tissue and from the mesh within the cavity wall;
- penetrating with the apparatus comprising anchors connected by filaments through the mesh at a second location;
- penetrating with the apparatus comprising anchors through the body tissue at a second location;
- releasing a second anchor within the body tissue at the second location;
- retracting the apparatus from the body tissue and from the mesh within the cavity wall;
- said second anchor being connected to the first anchor via a filament.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.