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US 9,788,827 B2Granted
Method and means to attach anchor suture onto mesh implants
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Miksza, Simon Cohn
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Abstract
Novel stay suture devices and stay suture combinations with meshes are disclosed. The stay suture devices have a clip and a suture. The clip has leg members that are mounted to a hernia mesh implant such that the leg members are locked in a closed configuration. Also disclosed are novel methods of mounting stay sutures to a surgical mesh implant and repairing a body wall defect such as a hernia defect.
Claims20
A stay suture device, comprising:
- a clip having first and second opposed leg members connected by a hinge member, the leg members having proximal ends and distal ends, and opposed inner faces, the leg members having a first open configuration and a second closed configuration;
- a suture eyelet member extending proximally from the hinge member, the eyelet member having an open passageway for receiving a section of a surgical suture;
- a locking mechanism associated with the distal ends of the leg members to lock the leg members in the second closed configuration;
- and,
- a surgical suture slidably mounted to the eyelet member, wherein the suture has two free ends.
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The combination, comprising;
- A. a hernia mesh implant having a periphery;
- and,
- B. a stay suture device, comprising:
- a clip having a first and second opposed leg members connected by a hinge member, the leg members having proximal ends and distal ends, and opposed inner faces, the leg members having a first open configuration and a second closed configuration;
- a suture eyelet member extending proximally from the hinge member, the eyelet member having an open passageway for receiving a section of a surgical suture;
- a locking mechanism associated with the distal ends of the leg members to lock the leg members in the second closed configuration;
- and,
- a suture slidably mounted to the eyelet member, wherein the suture has two free ends,
- wherein the clip is mounted to the periphery of the mesh implant such that the mounted clip is in the second closed configuration.
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A method of affixing stay sutures to a hernia mesh implant, comprising the steps of;
- providing a stay suture device, the device comprising:
- a clip having a first and second opposed leg members connected by a hinge member, the leg members having proximal ends and distal end, and opposed inner faces, the leg members having a first open configuration and a second closed configuration;
- a locking mechanism associated with the distal ends of the leg members to lock the members in the second closed configuration;
- a suture eyelet member extending proximally from the hinge member, the eyelet member having an open passageway for receiving a section of a surgical suture;
- and,
- a suture slidably mounted to the eyelet member, the suture having two free ends;
- mounting the clip to a periphery of a hernia mesh implant such that the clip is in the second closed configuration;
- and,
- capturing the free ends of the suture with a suture passing instrument.
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A method of repairing a body wall defect with a mesh implant, comprising the steps of;
- providing a stay suture device, the device comprising:
- a clip having a first and second opposed leg members connected by a hinge member, the leg members having proximal ends and distal ends, and opposed inner faces, the leg members having a first open configuration and a second closed configuration;
- a locking mechanism associated with the distal ends of the leg members to lock the leg members in the second closed configuration;
- a suture eyelet member extending proximally from the hinge section, the eyelet member having an open passageway for receiving a member of a surgical suture;
- and,
- a suture slidably mounted to the eyelet member, the suture having two free ends;
- mounting at least one clip to a periphery of a mesh implant such that the clip is in the second closed configuration and the leg members are locked;
- positioning the mesh implant over a body wall defect and pulling the suture through at least a section of a body wall surrounding the body wall defect by capturing the free ends of the suture with a suture passer instrument;
- knotting the free ends of the suture together in the body wall;
- and,
- securing the mesh implant to the body wall over the defect with surgical tacks, thereby repairing the body wall defect.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.