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US 2025/0375198 A1Published application
Sutures and delivery elements of remote surgical suture systems and devices, and methods thereof
AssigneeVesteck, Inc.
InventorsEdward WULFMAN, Kent STALKER, John WHITFIELD, John K. EDOGA, Thierry RICHARD, Kenneth STALKER
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods described herein relate to sutures and endovascular devices for delivering same. In some embodiments, a suture includes a set of legs having proximal ends joined to each other at a bridge and elongate bodies that extend from the bridge. In some embodiments, the suture can include a bend, a protective element, or three or more legs.
Claims21
A suture, comprising:
- a set of legs having proximal ends joined to each other and elongate bodies that extend parallel to one another such that the set of legs form a U-shaped structure, the set of legs having distal ends that terminate in sharpened tips that are configured to penetrate through a portion of a graft and a vessel wall adjacent to the portion of the graft;
- a tail having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being coupled to the U-shaped structure;
- a clamp head coupled to the proximal end of the tail;
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- an engagement element disposed between the U-shaped structure and the clamp head, the engagement element configured to provide a surface for engaging with a suture advancement element to deploy the suture,
- the suture configured to transition from a flattened configuration in which the tail extends in a direction opposite to the direction of the elongate bodies of the legs to a curved configuration in which the tail and the set of legs are curved,
- the set of legs and the tail configured to exert forces in opposite directions when the suture is in the curved configuration such that the set of legs and the tail are configured to hold the portion of the graft and the vessel wall relative to one another.
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A suture, comprising:
- a single leg having an elongate body, the single leg having a distal end that terminates in a sharpened tip that is configured to penetrate through a portion of a graft and a vessel wall adjacent to the portion of the graft;
- a clamp having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being coupled to the single leg;
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- a clamp head coupled to the proximal end of the clamp,
- the suture configured to transition from a flattened configuration in which the clamp extends in a direction opposite to the direction of the elongate body of the single leg to a curved configuration in which the clamp and the single leg are curved,
- the single leg and the clamp configured to exert forces in opposite directions when the suture is in the curved configuration such that the single leg and the clamp are configured to hold the portion of the graft and the vessel wall relative to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.