Apparatus and Methods for Loading a Closing Device
AssigneeAnchor Orthopedics XT Inc.
InventorsAndrew Oldham, Ilinca Popovici, Robert Harrison
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use. The apparatus may include a cartridge comprising an anchor holding feature for holding one or more anchors of the closing device; and an anchor loading feature for loading the one or more anchors onto the delivery device. The anchors may include tabs such as suture tabs. Embodiments of methods of loading the closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use are also disclosed.
Claims24
A method of treating an intervertebral disc the method comprising:
- loading a closing device into a delivery device at a point of use, the closing device comprising one or more tabs coupled to a connecting element, the one or more tabs comprising one or more substantially flexible tabs;
- and
- substantially approximating a defect in the intervertebral disc using the one or more substantially flexible tabs and the connecting element of the closing device delivered by the delivery device.
A cartridge for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at a point of use, the cartridge comprising:
- a tab holding feature for holding one or more tabs of the closing device, the one or more tabs comprising one or more substantially flexible tabs;
- and
- a tab loading feature for loading tabs onto the delivery device.
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The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more tabs comprise a substantially flexible tab.
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The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise a cylindrical suture knot.
The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise a random configuration.
The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise an ordered configuration.
The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise one or more suture coils.
The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise one or more substantially solid suture knots.
The cartridge of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprises a suture knot having a substantially low density.
(canceled)
The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise a substantially round shaped configuration.
The cartridge of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprises a substantially rectangular shaped configuration.
The closing device of claim 100, wherein the one or more suture knots comprise combinations of multiple shape configurations.
-98. (canceled)
A closing device for delivery into an intervertebral disc comprising a defect, the closing device comprising:
- one or more tabs coupled to a strand of suture, the one or more tabs comprising one or more suture tabs;
- and
- each of the one or more suture tabs comprising a suture construct that comprises one or more suture knots that are collapsed to form the suture tab;
- wherein the closing device comprises substantially of suture and is usable to approximate a defect within the intervertebral disc, in order to substantially close the deflect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.