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US 9,427,225 B2Granted
Tissue lifting
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorWei Li Fan
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Abstract
A device (100) includes a shaft (108), a coil (120), and a suture (106). The coil has a sharp tip (126) and is releasably coupled to the shaft. The suture is coupled to the coil and extends through the shaft.
Claims23
A method for lifting tissue, comprising:
- advancing a tissue lifting member into the tissue, via an insertion instrument, the tissue lifting member having a suture attached thereto;
- wherein a driver is releasably coupled to the tissue lifting member by engaging a distal end of the driver with a mating surface formed in an interface coupled to the tissue lifting member;
- disengaging the tissue lifting member from the insertion instrument;
- and
- tensioning the suture, after disengaging the tissue lifting member, to lift the tissue away from a surgical site in order to access the surgery site.
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A tissue lifting assembly, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a tissue lifting member releasably coupled to the shaft via an interface portion;
- and
- a suture coupled to the tissue lifting member, the suture extending through the shaft,
- wherein the interface portion is coupled to the tissue lifting member and wherein one of (i) the interface portion defines a central opening or recess configured to receive a corresponding mating portion of the shaft or (ii) the shaft defines a central opening or recess configured to receive a corresponding a mating portion of the interface portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.