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US 9,872,751 B2Granted
Implantable medical device and methods of delivering the implantable medical device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsBrent Palmisano, Sanda Nagale, Jamie Li, Mark W. Boden, Timothy P. Harrah
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Abstract
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a mesh having an edge, a loop coupled to the edge of the mesh, and a suture coupled to at least one of the loop or the edge of the mesh, the suture having a barb. The loop can have an inner diameter smaller than a combined width of the suture and at least a portion of an outer portion of the barb.
Claims17
An apparatus, comprising:
- an implant including a mesh, the mesh having a first edge and a second edge, the second edge being opposite to the first edge;
- a loop fixedly coupled to the first edge of the mesh, the loop being fixedly coupled to a first location of the first edge of the mesh, the loop having an inner diameter defining a loop opening;
- a needle;
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- a suture having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion of the suture being fixedly coupled to a second location of the first edge of the mesh, the second end portion of the suture being coupled to the needle, the suture having a portion defining a barb, the portion of the suture defining the barb being disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion,
- wherein the needle and the portion of the suture defining the barb are configured to be inserted through bodily tissue.
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A method, comprising:
- forming an opening in a tissue of a patient using a needle coupled to a portion of a suture having a barb during a medical procedure;
- moving the portion of the suture through the opening in the tissue of the patient;
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- moving the portion of the suture through a loop opening of a loop in a first direction, the loop being coupled to an edge of a mesh of an implant, the loop having an inner diameter defining the loop opening;
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- engaging the barb with the loop as the suture is moved in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the suture being substantially prevented from moving through the loop opening in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.