Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of fixing a suture to tissue
- Patent Title (中): 将缝合线固定在组织上的方法
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Application No.: US12581893Application Date: 2009-10-20
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Publication No.: US08758371B2Publication Date: 2014-06-24
- Inventor: Allen Gaynor , Michael K. Luk , Steven McClurg , Michael M. Witzmann , Ying Zheng
- Applicant: Allen Gaynor , Michael K. Luk , Steven McClurg , Michael M. Witzmann , Ying Zheng
- Applicant Address: DK Humlebaek
- Assignee: Coloplast A/S
- Current Assignee: Coloplast A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Humlebaek
- Agency: Coloplast Corp., Coloplast A/S
- Agent Nick Baumann
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04

Abstract:
A method of fixing a suture to tissue of a patient includes placing an introducer onto a finger, the introducer including a zip line trailing from a proximal end of the introducer. The method additionally includes identifying a landmark with the finger, guiding a delivery device along the zip line toward the introducer, where the delivery device maintaining an anchor attached to a suture line, and ejecting the anchor from the delivery device and into the tissue of the patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110092991A1 METHOD OF FIXING A SUTURE TO TISSUE Public/Granted day:2011-04-21
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