Soft tissue fixation device
    1.
    发明授权
    Soft tissue fixation device 失效
    软组织固定装置

    公开(公告)号:US5964765A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-12

    申请号:US61608

    申请日:1998-04-16

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04 A61B17/06 A61B17/56

    摘要: A single-piece soft tissue fixation device includes an elongated element terminating in a tip at one end and a receptacle at the other end which bond with each other in a welded joint. The device is made of a heat-bondable, biocompatible material that can be ultrasonically or thermally welded. The tip and receptacle of the device can be textured or contoured or otherwise complementarily configured to promote mutual engagement prior to and during bonding. The tip can include a needle or needle-like extension for penetrating tissue. The device may be at least partially resorbable in living tissue.

    摘要翻译: 单件式软组织固定装置包括终端于一端的末端的细长元件和在焊接接头处彼此结合的另一端的容器。 该装置由可热连接的生物相容性材料制成,可以超声波或热焊接。 装置的尖端和容器可以是纹理的或轮廓的或以其它方式互补地构造以促进在结合之前和期间的相互接合。 尖端可以包括用于穿透组织的针或针状延伸部。 该装置可以在活组织中至少部分地再吸收。

    Suture fastening device
    2.
    发明授权
    Suture fastening device 失效
    缝合紧固装置

    公开(公告)号:US06217591B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-04-17

    申请号:US09198475

    申请日:1998-11-24

    IPC分类号: A61B1704

    摘要: A suture fastening device for forming a welded suture joint in situ includes a horn 8 and an anvil 16 movable relative to each other in a tubular shaft 3, and a source of energy 6 for actuating the horn and anvil within the shaft and relative to each other. Segments 20a, 20b of a suture to be joined are captured within the anvil and contacted by the horn for transfer of energy thereto during welding. A predetermined condition of the welded joint or of the horn and anvil is detected so as to control the delivery of energy to the segments during welding.

    摘要翻译: 用于在原地形成焊接缝合接头的缝合线紧固装置包括在管状轴3中相对于彼此移动的喇叭8和砧座16,以及用于致动轴内的喇叭和砧座以及相对于每个 其他。 要连接的缝合线的段20a,20b被捕获在砧座内并且被焊接器接触以在焊接期间传递能量。 检测焊接接头或喇叭和砧座的预定条件,以便控制在焊接过程中向节段传递能量。

    Suture tensioning and fixation device
    4.
    发明授权
    Suture tensioning and fixation device 失效
    缝合张紧固定装置

    公开(公告)号:US6106545A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-22

    申请号:US61472

    申请日:1998-04-16

    申请人: Thomas D. Egan

    发明人: Thomas D. Egan

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04 A61B17/06

    摘要: A suture tensioning and fixation device comprises a suture thread and a suture retaining element. The retaining element has a first suture thread engaging portion on the first end, a second suture thread engaging portion opposite the first suture thread engaging portion, and a third, substantially centrally located suture thread engaging portion. The retaining element is adapted such that segments of the suture thread can be interwoven between the suture thread engaging portions of the retaining element. The suture thread engaging portions of the retaining element are adapted to frictionally hold the interwoven segments of suture thread. Localized melting of the retaining element where it contacts the suture thread segments establishes a weld and bonds the suture thread to the retaining element in a knotless joint.

    摘要翻译: 缝合线张紧和固定装置包括缝合线和缝线保持元件。 保持元件具有在第一端上的第一缝合线接合部分,与第一缝合线接合部分相对的第二缝合线接合部分以及第三基本中心定位的缝合线接合部分。 保持元件适于使得缝合线的段可以在保持元件的缝合线接合部分之间交织。 保持元件的缝合线接合部分适于摩擦地保持缝合线的交织部分。 保持元件与缝合线段接触的局部熔化建立了焊缝,并将缝合线结合到无节结合的保持元件上。

    Irrigation system with tubing cassette
    6.
    发明授权
    Irrigation system with tubing cassette 失效
    带油管的灌溉系统

    公开(公告)号:US5403277A

    公开(公告)日:1995-04-04

    申请号:US3475

    申请日:1993-01-12

    IPC分类号: A61M1/00 A61M39/28 F04B43/12

    摘要: An irrigation system for use in endoscopic procedures for maintaining and controlling flow of irrigation fluid to an internal body irrigation site. The system includes a tubing set comprising inflow and outflow lines and a cassette, and an fluid control module comprising a race and a pumping mechanism that squeezes the inflow line of the tubing set against the race to pump fluid to the irrigation site. The cassette includes a through opening exposing a portion of the inflow line to the race and pumping mechanism so that the cassette merely holds the inflow line in alignment with the pumping mechanism but is not required to resist the compressive force of the pumping mechanism. The cassette may include a second through opening exposing a portion of the outflow line to a valve mechanism to regulate pressure independently of the pump mechanism, and rib-or-groove alignment mechanism to align the inflow line with the pumping mechanism and the outflow line with the valve mechanism.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于内窥镜程序的灌溉系统,用于维持和控制灌溉流体流入内部灌溉部位。 该系统包括一个包括流入和流出管线和一个盒子的管道组件,以及一个流体控制模块,它包括一个滚道和一个泵送机构,该机构挤压管道组件的流入管路抵抗该座圈,以将流体泵入灌溉部位。 所述盒包括将所述流入线的一部分暴露于所述座圈和泵送机构的通孔,使得所述盒仅保持所述流入线与所述泵送机构对准,但不需要抵抗所述泵送机构的压缩力。 盒可以包括第二通孔,其将流出管线的一部分暴露于阀机构以独立于泵机构调节压力,以及肋或槽对准机构,以将流入管线与泵送机构和流出管线对准, 阀门机构。

    Bondable expansion plug for soft tissue fixation
    8.
    发明授权
    Bondable expansion plug for soft tissue fixation 失效
    用于软组织固定的粘结膨胀塞

    公开(公告)号:US5941901A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-24

    申请号:US61604

    申请日:1998-04-16

    申请人: Thomas D. Egan

    发明人: Thomas D. Egan

    摘要: An expandable soft tissue fixation assembly for use in anchoring soft tissue to bone. The assembly includes a tab connected to an anchor, a sleeve adapted to surround the anchor, and a flange adapted to hold a soft tissue segment next to a bone. The sleeve is inserted into a blind hole in a bone, and a section of soft tissue is placed over the hole next to the bone. Energy is applied to the flange while a predetermined axial tension is applied to the tab to compress a flared portion of the anchor against the sleeve. An upper tube portion of the anchor and the flange are bonded together, and the applied axial force on the tab separates it from the anchor, leaving the assembly anchored in the bone and the soft tissue section anchored in place between the flange and the bone.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将软组织固定到骨头的可扩展的软组织固定组件。 组件包括连接到锚固件的突出部,适于围绕锚固件的套筒以及适于将软组织段保持在骨骼旁边的凸缘。 将套筒插入骨中的盲孔中,将一部分软组织放置在靠近骨骼的孔上。 能量被施加到凸缘上,同时将预定的轴向张力施加到凸片以将锚固件的扩口部分压靠套筒。 锚固件和凸缘的上管部分结合在一起,并且在翼片上施加的轴向力将其与锚固件分开,使组件锚固在骨骼中,软组织部分锚固在凸缘和骨之间的适当位置。

    Automatic suturing and ligating device
    9.
    发明授权
    Automatic suturing and ligating device 失效
    自动缝合和结扎装置

    公开(公告)号:US5417700A

    公开(公告)日:1995-05-23

    申请号:US37021

    申请日:1993-03-25

    申请人: Thomas D. Egan

    发明人: Thomas D. Egan

    摘要: A device and method of suturing closed an opening and ligating a vessel or duct comprising removable tissue puncturing means (22) or vessel surrounding means establishing a continuous channel (24) through said tissue or around said vessel from each side. A completed channel (24) is formed and suture material (26) is threaded through the channel making a complete loop. The thread is secured at an anvil (30) independent from said puncturing/surrounding means. The puncturing/surrounding means is retracted leaving the thread, which is then tensioned closing the opening or occluding the vessel. The suture thread is secured and cut, forming a closed loop with overlapping ends. An energy transmitting device (38) melts the suture thread ends together forming a weld. The anvil (30) is removed leaving a knot-free completed stitch or ligature.

    摘要翻译: 缝合的装置和方法封闭开口并且连接容器或管道,其包括可移除的组织穿刺装置(22)或血管周围装置,其通过所述组织或从每一侧围绕所述血管建立连续通道(24)。 形成完整的通道(24),缝合材料(26)穿过通道,形成完整的回路。 螺纹固定在独立于穿刺/周围装置的砧座(30)上。 穿刺/围绕装置缩回离开螺纹,然后将其张紧以封闭开口或闭塞容器。 缝合线被固定和切割,形成具有重叠端部的闭合回路。 能量传输装置(38)将缝合线端部熔化在一起形成焊缝。 砧座(30)被移除,留下无结的针迹或结扎线。

    Fused loop of filamentous material and apparatus for making same
    10.
    发明授权
    Fused loop of filamentous material and apparatus for making same 有权
    丝状材料的熔融回路及其制造装置

    公开(公告)号:US07090111B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-15

    申请号:US10100213

    申请日:2002-03-18

    IPC分类号: B23K1/06 A61B17/08

    摘要: A welding apparatus that includes a first member having a first suture-contacting surface, a second member having a second suture-contacting surface, and a device for moving the first member relative to the second member to define a gap between the respective suture-contacting surfaces. The first member is capable of vibrating and delivering mechanical energy at ultrasonic frequencies. The second member is stationary relative to the first member. A fixture element is adapted to receive and maintain two or more segments of a material to be welded in a predetermined alignment in the gap between the first and second surfaces of the first and second members during a welding operation. According to another aspect of the invention, an ultrasonic welding apparatus includes first and second members with patterned first and second suture-contacting surfaces. The patterned surfaces can be complementary or non-complementary and the surface patterns on each member may vary in either a periodic or a non-periodic manner.

    摘要翻译: 一种焊接装置,其包括具有第一缝合线接触表面的第一构件,具有第二缝合线接触表面的第二构件和用于相对于第二构件移动第一构件的装置,以在相应的缝合线接触 表面。 第一个成员能够在超声频率下振动和传递机械能。 第二构件相对于第一构件是固定的。 固定元件适于在焊接操作期间在第一和第二构件的第一和第二表面之间的间隙中以预定对准的方式接收和维持待焊接材料的两个或更多个段。 根据本发明的另一方面,超声波焊接设备包括具有图案化的第一和第二缝合线接触表面的第一和第二构件。 图案化表面可以是互补的或不互补的,并且每个构件上的表面图案可以以周期性或非周期性方式变化。