Mesh implant device, system, kit and methods of use
AssigneeSun Scientific, Inc.
InventorsSundaram Ravikumar, Guy Osborne
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Abstract
A mesh deployment device includes a hollow housing within which mesh connected to a series of supports is housed and then activated during deployment, which supports are removed from the mesh once the mesh is located on the target hernia area and the supports are retracted back into the hollow housing and out of the body cavity. The mesh deployment device may include an optional port closure suture system on the mesh, and may also optionally include a series of attachment means on the mesh to connected to the target body cavity location.
Claims19
A mesh implant device for use in laparoscopic procedures;
- comprising:
- a hollow housing;
- a cone assembly located at a distal end of the hollow housing
- a mesh implant having a foldable mesh material connected via an aperture to a cap on the top of the cone assembly;
- a plurality of supports connected but detachable to the mesh implant;
- the cap to which is held the plurality of supports, the hollow cap being at a distal end of the hollow housing and having at least an opposite pair of grooves;
- wherein the mesh implant and said housing are configured and arranged so that the mesh implant moves between a stowed condition within the housing and a deployed condition outside the housing, the plurality of supports being configured and arranged to move between a retracted position that folds the mesh material to enable placement of the mesh implant in the stowed condition and an extended position outside the housing that unfolds the mesh material to enable placement of the mesh implant in the deployed condition.
A surgical instrument and assembly for laparoscopic procedures;
- comprising:
- a port closure device having a hollow housing;
- a mesh implant having a foldable mesh material;
- a plurality of supports;
- a hollow cap to which is held the plurality of supports, the hollow cap being at a distal end of the hollow housing and having at least an opposite pair of grooves;
- a plurality of fasteners attached to the plurality of supports in a manner that fastens the plurality of supports to the mesh material;
- and
- at least one suture thread that extends through the hollow housing to the cap;
- wherein the mesh implant and said housing are configured and arranged so that the mesh implant moves between a stowed condition within the housing and a deployed condition outside the housing, the plurality of supports being configured and arranged to move between a retracted position that folds the mesh material to enable placement of the mesh implant in the stowed condition and an extended position outside the housing that unfolds the mesh material to enable placement of the mesh implant in the deployed condition, the suture thread extending across the opposite pairs of grooves with the mesh implant in the stowed condition and extending across a center of the mesh with the mesh implant in the deployed position.
A method of assembling a surgical instrument for laparoscopic procedures comprising:
- providing components of a surgical instrument, the components including (a) a mesh implant device having a hollow housing, (b) a mesh implant having a foldable mesh material attached to a deployment mechanism, (c) a plurality of supports, and (d) a hollow cap to which is held the plurality of supports, the hollow cap being at a distal end of the hollow housing and having at least an opposite pair of grooves;
- configuring and arranging the mesh implant and said housing so that the mesh implant moves between a stowed condition within the housing and a deployed condition outside the housing;
- configuring and arranging the plurality of supports to move between a retracted position that folds the mesh material to enable placement of the mesh implant in the stowed condition and an extended position outside the housing that unfolds the mesh material to enable placement of the mesh implant in the deployed condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.