DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GRASPING TISSUE

    公开(公告)号:US20240041487A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18229260

    申请日:2023-08-02

    IPC分类号: A61B17/28 A61B17/30

    摘要: An end effector having first and second jaws movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. At least one jaw has a tissue-engaging surface contoured to enhance grasping of tissue between the jaws. For instance, the tissue-engaging surfaces may be contoured to engage tissue along the tissue-engaging surface substantially evenly/uniformly and/or contemporaneously from the distal end to the proximal end of the jaw. The tissue-engaging surfaces may be contoured independently of and/or differently from the jaw's outer surface. The tissue-engaging surfaces of the first and second jaws may be contoured to enclose tissue engaged therebetween.

    DEVICES IMPLANTABLE ACROSS DYNAMIC ANATOMICAL PASSAGES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240091039A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-21

    申请号:US18369480

    申请日:2023-09-18

    IPC分类号: A61F5/00

    CPC分类号: A61F5/0079 A61F5/0036

    摘要: An implantable medical device having at least one compliant retention member configured not only to resist migration of the device with respect to its deployment site, but also to conform to anatomical forces applied thereto. The retention member may present a convex tissue-contacting surface to tissue at the deployment site and to which anatomical forces may be applied. The retention member may be compressible upon application of radially-inwardly directed anatomical forces thereto, but is sized, shaped, configured, and/or dimensioned to withstand forces tending to cause migration of the implantable medical device even when being compressed radially-inwardly. As such, the implantable medical device withstands forces applied thereto without building up internal stresses which may result in material fatigue.

    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING ENDS OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20240065693A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18238642

    申请日:2023-08-28

    IPC分类号: A61B17/11 A61F2/04

    摘要: An implantable medical device system for coupling separate anatomical structures, such as to form an anastomosis therebetween. The system includes first and second implantable medical devices configured to be implanted with respect to anatomical structures to be coupled, and also configured to be coupled together. The implantable medical devices may be coupled together with a separate connector. The separate connector may be a stent or an elongated tether-like element. Additionally or alternatively, the implantable medical devices may be formed with interengaging elements which couple the implantable medical devices together, such as without the need for a separate connector. The implantable medical devices may be spaced apart when coupled together, with a connector bridging the gap therebetween, or may be in abutting contact with each other.

    DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TISSUE TRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230248346A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18107291

    申请日:2023-02-08

    IPC分类号: A61B17/02

    摘要: A tissue traction device having a target-tissue-engaging segment and more than one traction-tissue-engaging segment spaced apart from the target-tissue-engaging segment. The tissue traction device may have a peripheral section with at least one traction-tissue-engagement section therein, with at least one of the traction-tissue-engaging segments defined on such traction-tissue-engagement section. An additional traction-tissue-engagement segment may be defined within the peripheral section, optionally on an additional traction-tissue-engagement section, and/or within the at least one traction-tissue-engagement section. One or more traction-tissue-engagement segments within the peripheral section may be simultaneously and/or sequentially engaged with traction tissue to achieve varying force vectors of traction on the target tissue. A hanger may be provided on a tissue-engagement member or on the peripheral section of the tissue traction device to hold one or more of the traction-tissue-engaging segments extended from within the peripheral section of the tissue traction device to the traction tissue.