Abstract:
A suture system configured to place suture in tissue includes a tool and a suture assembly. The tool includes a proximal portion, a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat, and a needle that is movable through a needle exit port formed in the proximal portion of the tool to a cavity formed in the distal end of the tool. The suture assembly includes a leader that is insertable into the cavity. The leader has a distal end attached to a length of suture and a band having at least two prongs extending from a proximal edge of the band. The prongs are configured to engage with the needle to allow the needle to extract the leader from the cavity and deliver it to the needle exit port.
Abstract:
An attachment assembly configured to secure an implantable support within a patient includes a length of suture, an anchor, a capsule, and a clasp. The suture has a leading end half terminating in a leading end and a trailing end half terminating in a trailing end. The anchor is coupled to the trailing end half of the length of the suture. The capsule is attached to the leading end of the suture and has a through-bore extending longitudinally through the capsule. The clasp is attached to the trailing end of the suture, the clasp attachable to the implantable support.
Abstract:
A digital suture fixation system and a method of fixing a suture to the tissue of a patient. The digital suture fixation system includes an anchor (56), an introducer (52) that is attachable to a finger of a person such that at least a distal tip of the finger is available to palpate tissue and identify a landmark within a patient, and a delivery device (54) attached to the introducer. The anchor is removably attached to the delivery device. The anchor is exposed on an exterior of the delivery device and the delivery device is positioned to allow the finger to push the anchor into the landmark.
Abstract:
A tissue anchor system includes a support material, a suture engaged with the support material, an anchor, and an introducer. The anchor has a body, a fin extending from the body in a first direction with an eyelet formed in the fin, a pair of radial barrels extending from the body in a radial direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a gripping tab removably attached to the fin. The suture is engaged with the eyelet of the fin. The introducer has a cannula with a bore sized to receive the body of the anchor and a slot formed in a wall of the cannula. The slot is sized to receive the fin of the anchor, and an ejection mechanism provided to eject the anchor out of the cannula.
Abstract:
A Peyronie's treatment device is described that is configured to treat an erect penis (P) having curvature characterized by a first penis side with an unaffected length and a second penis side (40) with an affected length that is shorter than the unaffected length. The device includes a band (20) connected between a proximal support that is attachable to a base (B) of a penis and a distal support that is attachable adjacent a corona of the penis. The band has an elastic material and a second material that is attached to the elastic material. The second material is provided to stop elongation of the elastic material at a length approximately equal to the affected length of the erect penis.
Abstract:
A surgical system (20) includes an anchor (22) and an introducer (24) provided to deliver the anchor into tissue. The anchor includes a body (30) having a pointed leading end (32) that is configured to pierce the tissue, a spine (34) projecting radially away from the body and having a width and a height configured to allow the spine to engage with the tissue, an eyelet (36) attached to a trailing end of the body, and a length of suture (23) attached to the eyelet. The introducer includes a cannula (40) with a pointed distal end (44), an opening (46) formed in the cannula that is sized to receive the body of the anchor, and a slot (92) formed in a wall of the cannula at a distal end portion of the cannula and sized to receive the width of the spine.
Abstract:
An incontinence treatment device has a solid rod connected between a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion is insertable into a urinary bladder. The solid rod is configured for placement in the urethra. The solid rod has a length that adapts the distal portion to be positioned outside and distal to the urethra with the proximal portion positioned in the urinary bladder. The proximal portion has a lateral dimension that is at least a factor of 3 greater than a lateral dimension of the solid rod and is so configured to block a neck of the urinary bladder and impede flow of urine out of the urinary bladder. A force applied to the distal portion displaces the proximal portion away from the neck of the urinary bladder to allow urine to exit the urinary bladder.
Abstract:
A sacrocolpopexy support (20) has a head section (30) extending from a first end portion (32) to a second end portion (36), and a leg section (40) having a first leg portion (44) placed on and in longitudinal alignment with a second leg portion (54). A first connector (70) secures the leg section to the second end portion of the head section. A second connector (80) secures the first leg portion to the second leg portion to form a closed joint that defines a space between the first leg portion and the second leg portion. An end of the second end portion of the head section terminates at a location exterior to the closed joint outside of the space between the first leg portion and the second leg portion.
Abstract:
A digital suture fixation system and a method of fixing a suture to the tissue of a patient. The digital suture fixation system includes an anchor (56), an introducer (52) that is attachable to a finger of a person such that at least a distal tip of the finger is available to palpate tissue and identify a landmark within a patient, and a delivery device (54) attached to the introducer. The anchor is removably attached to the delivery device. The anchor is exposed on an exterior of the delivery device and the delivery device is positioned to allow the finger to push the anchor into the landmark.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a tissue anchor system and a kit of parts for surgical anchor placement including a needle having a length of suture attached to a trailing end of the needle. An opposite second end of the suture is provided with a stopper. The kit of parts further includes a plurality of surgical anchors each including an anchor body having a through-going lumen extending from a first opening in a proximal end to a second opening in a distal end. Each of the anchors is provided on the length of suture between the first and the second ends of the suture. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a kit of parts and a method of attaching a surgical implant inside the body of a patient.