Abstract:
A suture system spool (30) is configured to retain suture (26) having a suture diameter and tension the suture between a distal and proximal end portions of a suturing tool. The spool includes a monolithically formed disc (100) defining a central opening (at 106) that pro¬ vides the disc with an inside diameter (106). The disc includes a base (110) and a flap (112) joined with the base at the inside diameter, and the flap extends from the inside diameter to an outer periphery of the disc to define a cavity (114) between the flap and the base. The flap is spaced away from the base at a location between the inside diameter (S) and the outer periphery of the disc by a factor of at least two times the suture diameter, and the flap is spaced away from the base at the outer periphery of the disc by a distance (G) that is approximately equal to the suture diameter.
Abstract:
One aspect provides a suture system including a tool and a suture assembly. The tool includes a head having a proximal portion housing a needle and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, the needle is movable through a needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the head to a cavity formed in the distal end of the head. The suture assembly includes suture connected to a suture clip that includes a cylindrical body having a proximal end and a distal end and a slot formed in the cylindrical body between the proximal end and the distal end that allows the cylindrical body to flex in a radial direction, a tab extending from the distal end and configured to be crimped onto an end of the length of suture, and a rib formed on an interior surface of the cylindrical body.
Abstract:
A suture fixation system includes a suture assembly having an anchor, an introducer, and a delivery device. The introducer is attachable to a finger of a person and includes a platform attached to an exterior of the introducer and a zip line attached to the platform. The delivery device is movable along the zip line and configured to removably retain the anchor. The introducer allows the finger to identify a target landmark within a patient and the delivery device is movable along the zip line and attachable to the platform to position the anchor for insertion to the target landmark. 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.
Abstract:
A system (280) forrepair of a prolapsed organ in a patient includes a support and a deployment instrument having a handle (290) extending from a barrel (282) and a trigger (294, 296) offset from the handle, the trigger is operable to advance the support out of the barrel of the deployment instrument and into the patient.