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Patent No.:

US 8894683 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

May. 05, 2008

Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same

Applicants:

Kevin S. Weadock, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Parris Wellman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Martin Weisberg, Elkins Park, PA (US);

Philip Prentice, Annandale, NJ (US);

Earl Adamy, Clinton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Kevin S. Weadock, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Parris Wellman, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Martin Weisberg, Elkins Park, PA (US);

Philip Prentice, Annandale, NJ (US);

Earl Adamy, Clinton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);

Attorney:

Doherty IP Law Group LLC

Primary Examiner:

Dianne Dornbusch

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0454 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0412 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0427 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00743 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0458 (2013.01); A61F 2/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue includes a first tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a first location, a second tissue anchoring portion having a support plate and a plurality of barbs extending from the support plate for engaging tissue at a second location which is different from the first location, and a connection element, such as a suture or a mesh structure, interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion. The support plate of at least one of the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion may have longitudinally axially formed therethrough a bore for receiving the connecting element so that the surgeon may pull on the end of the connecting element to adjust the distance between the first tissue anchoring portion and the second tissue anchoring portion.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Weadock, Kevin. (2014). Device for attaching, relocating and reinforcing tissue and methods of using same (U.S. Patent No. 8894683). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8894683

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