US 2017/0281152 A1 · ANCHOR/IMPLANT DEPLOYMENT DEVICE AND TISSUE REPAIR METHODS RELATED THERETO

Abstract

Featured is an inventive anchor/implant deployment device for use in repairing damage to tissue (e.g., meniscus) as well as tissue repair methods related thereto. Such an anchor/implant deployment device is advantageously configured and arranged so the deployment device is capable of making at least an in situ adjustment to the path of a needle portion having the anchor(s)/implant(s); is capable of rotating such a needle portion or the portion extending into the tissue/meniscus so that the distal end entering into the tissue/meniscus is desirably oriented such as to, for example, minimize damage to tissue; and making the needle portion of the deployment device replaceable so as to allow the deployment device to be reloaded thereby making other portions of the deployment device reusable during a given, procedure.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A deployment device for deploying an anchor/implant for treating damaged tissue;

said deployment device comprising:
a first member having a lumen extending along the longitudinal axis;
a second member that is moveably disposed within the first member lumen;
and
a moving mechanism that is operably coupled or connected to the first member, said moving mechanism being configured so as to cause the first member to present one of a plurality of end geometries and so as to control the extent or amount of movement by the first member responsive to the moving mechanism.

2 more elements

A method for treating damaged tissue, comprising the steps of:

providing a deployment device that is configured and arranged so that one or more anchors/implants can be deployed from a distal end portion thereof, wherein the distal end portion also is configured and arranged so as to be adjustable, at least in-situ, so that the distal end portion presents one of a plurality of end geometries;
selecting one of the plurality of geometries and controlling the deployment device so the distal end portion presents a desired one of the plurality of end geometries;
inserting the deployment device into the body and manipulating the deployment device so as to navigate the distal end portion within the body;
while inserting the deployment device, determining if the geometry of the distal end portion should be adjusted so that it can be navigated to a targeted location;
if said determining concludes that the end geometry should be adjusted, then selecting another one of the plurality of geometries and thereafter controlling the deployment device so the distal end portion presents the another one of the plurality of geometries;
further manipulating the so-adjusted deployment device until the distal end portion is proximal the targeted tissue location;
and
when the distal portion is so located, deploying the anchor/implant from the deployment device.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/513,848Filed 13 Oct 2015

Priority

15 Oct 2014

Published

5 Oct 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

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 2017/003
Mounted on or guided by flexible, e.g. catheter-like, means: steerable
A61B 2017/0409
Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing…:…
A61B 2090/3987
Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers: applicators for implanting markers

Anchor/implant deployment device and tissue repair methods related thereto

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Anchor/implant deployment device and tissue repair methods related thereto

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Abstract

Claims20