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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2021
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Niall F. Duffy, Tuam, IE;
Yves Bayon, Lyons, FR;
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a medical device includes a substrate defining a central port configured to provide surgical access to a surgical site opposite the substrate during a surgical procedure; and a plurality of reinforcement features disposed around the central port, wherein each reinforcement feature of the plurality of reinforcement features is configured to receive a suture, and wherein the plurality of reinforcement features are positioned to cause the substrate to tighten around the central port in response to tension being applied to ends of at least one suture connecting two or more reinforcement features.