System and method for UV tacking an implant
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorTimothy Sargeant
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Abstract
A surgical instrument is provided including a handle portion and a body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis. The surgical instrument also includes a grasper disposed at a distal end of the body portion, the grasper including an ultraviolet (UV) light mechanism for performing UV tacking of an implant. The implant is positioned between the first and second jaw members of the grasper: (i) to be placed at a surgical site and (ii) to be exposed by a UV light emitted from the UV light mechanism such that the UV tacking of the implant to the surgical site is performed.
Claims15
A method of tacking a mesh to a surgical site, the method comprising:
- introducing a surgical instrument to the surgical site, the surgical instrument having an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof;
- introducing the mesh to the surgical site, the mesh having a polymeric coating activatable by UV light;
- positioning the mesh at a desired location at the surgical site;
- manipulating the mesh using grasping portions of the end effector;
- and
- selectively applying UV light with a first amount of energy to the mesh in a known location by a plurality of UV mechanisms positioned on surfaces of the grasping portions of the end effector to tack the mesh to tissue,
- wherein each UV mechanism of the plurality of UV mechanisms is a discrete component and capable of emitting UV light.
A method of tacking a mesh to a surgical site, the method comprising:
- introducing a surgical instrument to the surgical site, the surgical instrument having an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof;
- introducing the mesh to the surgical site, the mesh having a polymeric coating activatable by UV light;
- positioning the mesh at a desired location at the surgical site;
- manipulating the mesh using grasping portions of the end effector;
- selectively applying UV light to a first area of the mesh by a first plurality of UV mechanisms positioned on first surfaces of the grasping portions of the end effector, wherein the first area of the mesh is in contact with the first surfaces;
- and
- selectively applying UV light to a second area of the mesh by a second plurality of UV mechanisms positioned on second surfaces of the grasping portions of the end effector, wherein the second area of the mesh is separate from the first area,
- wherein each UV mechanism of the first and second pluralities of UV mechanisms is a discrete component and capable of emitting UV light.
A method of tacking a mesh to a surgical site, the method comprising:
- introducing a surgical instrument to the surgical site, the surgical instrument having an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof;
- introducing the mesh to the surgical site, the mesh having a polymeric coating activatable by UV light;
- positioning the mesh at a desired location at the surgical site;
- manipulating the mesh using grasping portions of the end effector;
- and
- selectively applying UV light to the mesh directly on one or more tack regions having visual location designations by a plurality of UV mechanisms positioned on surfaces of the grasping portions of the end effector to tack the mesh to tissue, the one or more tack regions being disposed on a portion of the mesh and positioned between the grasping portions of the end effector,
- wherein each UV mechanism of the plurality of UV mechanisms is a discrete component and capable of emitting UV light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.