Apparatus for delivering and anchoring implantable medical devices

    公开(公告)号:US10582923B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-10

    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.

    Multifunction retrieval devices and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10105153B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14521599

    申请日:2014-10-23

    Abstract: A device may include a handle, and a sheath coupled to the handle. The sheath may include a lumen. The device may also include an instrument assembly coupled to the handle, and extending through the lumen of the sheath. The instrument assembly may include a basket configured to move relative to the sheath, and between contracted and expanded states. The instrument assembly may also include a forceps configured to reciprocate along a central longitudinal axis of the basket and through an interior of the basket, and move between contracted and expanded states.

    Steering mechanism
    34.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10039436B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15149934

    申请日:2016-05-09

    Abstract: A hand-holdable steering mechanism is used as part of a medical device such as a catheter or an endoscope to allow movement of a steerable distal portion of the catheter or endoscope. The mechanism can include a housing, a first actuator, and a second actuator. The first actuator is configured to move the steerable portion along a first plane when the first actuator is moved between first and second positions. The second actuator is configured to move the steerable portion along a second plane different than the first plane when the second actuator is moved between first and second positions.

    ADJUSTABLE IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF IMPLANTING THE SAME
    40.
    发明申请
    ADJUSTABLE IMPLANTS AND METHODS OF IMPLANTING THE SAME 审中-公开
    可调节植入物及其相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160317273A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-03

    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.

    Abstract translation: 在一个实施例中,植入物包括构造成放置在患者体内的支撑构件,并且向患者身体的一部分提供支撑,联接到支撑构件的端部的系绳; 以及构造成被布置在患者的身体的组织内以帮助将植入物保持在患者体内的适当位置的锚固件。 系绳联接到锚,使得系绳可以在第一方向上相对于锚移动,但是在第二方向上再训练不再运动。 在一个实施例中,将植入物放置在患者体内的方法包括在患者体内形成切口,通过切口将植入物插入患者体内,将植入物置于患者体内,如 支撑构件为身体的一部分提供支撑,并且锚固件有助于将植入物保持在患者体内的适当位置,闭合切口,以及在关闭切口之后调整植入物的张力。

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