US 2022/0273290 A1Published application

Apparatus for mitral valve repair and methods thereof

AssigneeLSI Solutions, Inc.

InventorsJude S. Sauer, MD, Angelo John Martellaro

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Abstract

A surgical snare assembly is disclosed. The surgical snare assembly has a suture fastener having an entrance and an exit. The surgical snare assembly also has first and second suture engaging loops. The surgical snare assembly further has first and second handles configured such that: a) movement of the first handle a first distance away from the suture fastener causes the first suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the exit to the entrance; and b) movement of the second handle a second distance away from the suture fastener causes the second suture engaging loop to move through the suture fastener from the entrance to the exit.

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Dependent claims

A suture fastener configured to receive one or more portions of suture, the fastener comprising:

a sleeve extending from a first end to a second end along a fastener axis, the sleeve comprising:
one or more external surfaces;
and
one or more internal surfaces that define a bore that extends from the first end to the second end of the sleeve, wherein the bore has a first undeformed shape, and wherein the one or more portions of suture are configured to extend through the bore of the sleeve;
and
a base portion disposed at or adjacent to the second end of the sleeve, the base portion extending in a direction that is normal to the fastener axis, the base portion having a shape that is asymmetrical about a first plane that extends along the fastener axis,
wherein one or more portions of the sleeve are configured to be deformed such that the bore changes from the first undeformed shape to a second deformed shape in which one or more portions of the one or more internal surfaces retains the one or more portions of suture within the bore.

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Application: 17/749,543Filed 20 May 2022
Priority: 18 Aug 2015
Published: 1 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A61B 17/0487
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture clamps, clips or locks, e.g. for replacing suture knots;…
A61B 17/0469
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g.…
A61B 17/0485
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: devices or means, e.g. loops, for capturing the suture thread and…
A61F 2/2457
Means for preventing inversion of the valve leaflets, e.g. chordae tendineae prostheses: chordae tendineae prostheses

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Application62/206,499Us provisional application · filed 18 Aug 2015
Application15/240,334Continuation · filed 18 Aug 2016
Application17/749,543Continuation
US 11,357,499 B2Related patent
US 11,903,578 B2Related patent
US 2017/0049435 A1Published application
US 2022/0273290 A1This patent

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