Adjustable implants and methods of implanting the same

    公开(公告)号:US10695156B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US15206944

    申请日:2016-07-11

    Abstract: In one embodiment, an implant includes a support member configured to be placed within a body of a patient and provide support to a portion of the body of the patient, a tether coupled to an end portion of the support member; and an anchor configured to be disposed within a tissue of the body of the patient to help retain the implant in place within the body of the patient. The tether is coupled to the anchor such that the tether may move with respect to the anchor in a first direction but is retrained from moving in a second direction. In one embodiment, a method of placing an implant within a body of a patient includes making an incision in the body of the patient, inserting the implant into the body of the patient through the incision, placing the implant within the body of the patient such that a support member provides support to a portion of the body and an anchor helps retain the implant in place within the body of the patient, closing the incision, and adjusting the tension of the implant after closing the incision.

    ARTICULATING TORQUEABLE HOLLOW DEVICE
    26.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190104923A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-11

    申请号:US16156175

    申请日:2018-10-10

    Abstract: An articulating mechanism for use in a medical device, such as an endoscope or a catheter, includes a series of stacked links disposed adjacent to one another and movable with respect to each other. Each link includes a front face tapered to a pair of pivot points and a rear face defining a wedge shaped recess for receiving the pivot points of the adjacent link. Pull-wires provide tension and hold the staked links together while also allowing for controlled bending of the distal portion by movement of one or more of the pull-wires.

    APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AND ANCHORING IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
    28.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AND ANCHORING IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES 审中-公开
    用于递送和锚定可植入医疗装置的装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150148820A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-28

    申请号:US14610861

    申请日:2015-01-30

    Abstract: An apparatus includes an elongate member having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The elongate member defines a longitudinal axis. The distal end portion of the elongate member defines a notch having a face defining an axis. The axis of the face and the longitudinal axis define an acute angle with respect to a first direction along the longitudinal axis. The notch is configured to retain a loop of a suture when the elongate member is moved through a tissue of a patient in the first direction along the longitudinal axis. The notch is configured to release the loop of the suture when the elongate member is moved through the tissue of the patient in a second direction different than the first direction. The suture has at least one tissue anchor configured to be disposed within the tissue of the patient.

    Abstract translation: 一种装置包括具有远端部分和近端部分的细长部件。 细长构件限定纵向轴线。 细长构件的远端部分限定了具有限定轴线的面的凹口。 面和轴的轴线相对于纵向轴线的第一方向限定锐角。 所述切口构造成当所述细长构件沿着所述纵向轴线沿所述第一方向移动通过患者的组织时保持缝合线的环。 当细长构件在不同于第一方向的第二方向上移动穿过患者的组织时,凹口构造成释放缝合线的环。 缝合线具有构造成设置在患者组织内的至少一个组织锚。

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