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US 2023/0069080 A1Published application
Controlled suture tensioning
AssigneeEdwards Lifesciences Corporation
InventorsJyoti B. Rao, John Richard Carpenter, Bryan A. Janish
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Abstract
A tensioning device includes an elongate plunger, a plunger track housing configured to receive the plunger therein at least in part, an elongate tube configured to be coupled to the plunger track housing, and an actuator configured to cause axial translation of at least a portion of the plunger within the plunger track housing.
Claims19
A tensioning device comprising:
- an elongate plunger;
- a plunger track housing configured to receive the plunger therein at least in part;
- an elongate tube configured to be coupled to the plunger track housing;
- and
- an actuator configured to cause axial translation of at least a portion of the plunger within the plunger track housing.
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A method for tensioning sutures in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising:
- drawing a suture through one or more channels of a suture-tensioning device;
- fixing the suture to a plunger component of the suture-tensioning device;
- and
- adjusting a relative axial position between the plunger component and a plunger track component of the suture-tensioning device to thereby adjust a tension of a portion of the suture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.