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Patent No.:

US 8945181 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2013

Suture retention devices and associated products and methods

Applicant:

Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);

Inventors:

James Taylor, Bloomington, IN (US);

Benjamin Fisher, Bloomington, IN (US);

Assignee:

Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);

Attorney:

Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP

Primary Examiner:

Todd Manahan

Assistant Examiner:

Charles A Lutzow, III

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); F16G 11/00 (2006.01); F16L 3/00 (2006.01); H02G 7/05 (2006.01); A44B 1/04 (2006.01); A44B 11/25 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract

A suture retention device includes a stack of suture engaging members which can be provided by coils or other segments of a spring. A suture engages with the stack so as to permit travel of the retention device along the suture in one direction more facilely than travel along the suture in the other direction. The retention device can include a housing that encloses the spring or other stack structure, and the suture can pass from a first hole in the housing, through the suture engaging members, and to a second hole in the housing. A suture anchor can be attached to the suture, and the resulting assembly can be combined with a needle designed to introduce the anchor and suture into patient tissue, e.g. in the conduct of a gastropexy procedure.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Taylor, James. (2015). Suture retention devices and associated products and methods (U.S. Patent No. 8945181). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8945181

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