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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Brent Palmisano, Fiskdale, MA (US);
Sanda Nagale, Lowell, MA (US);
Jamie Li, Lexington, MA (US);
Mark W. Boden, Harrisville, RI (US);
Timothy P. Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2/0045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a mesh having an edge, a loop coupled to the edge of the mesh, and a suture coupled to at least one of the loop or the edge of the mesh, the suture having a barb. The loop can have an inner diameter smaller than a combined width of the suture and at least a portion of an outer portion of the barb.