Material Placed On Opposed Sides Of Incision Or Wound Patents (Class 606/215)
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Publication number: 20090149869Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and improved system and method for providing sutures using self adhesive pads with anchors. Each self adhesive pad has at least one anchor or hook fixed on top of the pad to hold a suture thread in place or could contain a Micro Velcro System. By applying the pads around an open wound and connecting them with a suture thread, the wound could be closed by tightening the suture thread. The wound could be kept closed by securing the position of both ends of the suture thread. In one embodiment, the end of a suture thread may be anchored on the anchor or hook on the self adhesive pad. The system and method provides improvements over the suture techniques using stitches by securing atraumatic closure of the wound in a non-invasive way.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventor: Eduardo Pena Dolhun
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Publication number: 20090143817Abstract: Insertion tool for a medical closure device for the sealing of an opening in a wall of a bodily organ, comprising a tamping force source adapted to deliver a first member to a position at the opening on one side of the wall subsequently to a second member being positioned at the opening on the opposite side of the wall. The tamping force source, which is energized prior to the tamping procedure, can be for example a spring, an elastic band or a pressurized gas container. A tamping spring can be compressed or extended upon loading. The tamping force source can be released in response to a manual operation or be triggered by retraction of the insertion tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventor: Dan Akerfeldt
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Publication number: 20090120994Abstract: A material comprising a matrix or a buttress is impregnated with an adhesive initiator and is used with a surgical stapling device and an adhesive. The tissue and material are stapled together, and a knife in the surgical stapling device cuts the tissue and the material. The adhesive is applied across the cut and sets up or polymerizes to seals the cut when the adhesive contacts the adhesive initiator. The surgical stapling device can place the staples in a linear, arcuate, or circular array, and can anastomose luminal tissue. The methods of use can include stapling luminal tissue end to end, stapling two portions of material onto ether side of tissue, and stapling two portions of tissue onto a portion of material. Additionally, a portion of adhesive filed material can be stapled onto one side of portion of tissue and the adhesive initiator impregnated material can be stapled onto the other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Michael A. Murray, Douglas J. Turner, John V. Hunt, Mark S. Ortiz, David N. Plescia, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Ronald J. Kolata, Robert H. McKenna, Craig N. Faller, James W. Voegele
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Publication number: 20090112257Abstract: A method for sealing a hole in a bodily organ includes introducing a first member and a second member into the bodily organ, the first and second members being connected by an elongated member. The first and second members are retracted proximally until the first member abuts an inner surface of the bodily organ and the second member is retracted out of the hole in the bodily organ. Then, the second member is pushed distally into abutment with an outer surface of the bodily organ. A sealing device for sealing a puncture in tissue is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Fredrik PREINITZ, Fredrik Mahlin
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Publication number: 20090092659Abstract: The present invention provides devices and compositions for the management of infection of topical lesions, each of the devices and compositions containing protonated/acidified nucleic acids either on its surface, or integrated into the device. These modified nucleic acids are effective as bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic agents without regard to the class of bacteria, so are especially useful when diagnosis is difficult or when multiple infectious organisms are present. The antibiotic activity of nucleic acids of the invention is not dependent on either the specific sequence of the nucleic acid or the length of the nucleic acid molecule. The nucleic acids used in the invention are protonated/acidified to give a pH when dissolved in water of less than pH 7 to about 1, more preferably less than pH 4.5 to about 1, and even more preferably less than pH 2 to about 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Roderic M.K. Dale, Steven L. Gatton, Amy Arrow
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Patent number: 7513902Abstract: A device for excising tissue and closing a wound that results from excision of the tissue includes structure defining an aperture into which tissue to be excised is exposed. The device also includes a cutting member for excising the tissue, a closure member for closing the wound, and an actuatable drive member associated with the structure. The drive member is actuatable to move the cutting member relative to the aperture for excising the tissue that is exposed in the aperture and for closing the wound with the closure member.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic FoundationInventors: Michael K. Banbury, Jillian E. Banbury, Craig B. Berky, Warren P. Williamson, IV
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Publication number: 20090088796Abstract: A system for treating a septal defect having an implantable treatment apparatus and devices for delivering the implantable treatment apparatus and methods for treating a septal defect are provided. The implantable treatment apparatus is preferably implantable through a septal wall or portion thereof. The treatment system can include a flexible elongate body member, a delivery device configured to deliver the implantable apparatus, a stabilization device configured to stabilize the body member and a positioning device configured to position the delivery device in a desired location.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Ryan Abbott, W. Martin Belef, Dean Carson, Rajiv Doshi, Richard S. Ginn, Ronald J. Jabba, William A. Gray
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Publication number: 20090088795Abstract: A collapsible medical device for occluding an aperture in a body, e.g., a patent foramen ovale (PFO), is disclosed. The device includes a distal end and a distal portion for contacting the distal side of tissue, a proximal end and a proximal portion for contacting the proximal side tissue, a center joint for extending through the aperture and being hollow in the center. The center joint engages the distal and proximal portions and has a variable length to accommodate tissues of different thickness. The device also includes a catch system for holding the collapsible medical device in an expanded configuration. The catch system includes a distal threaded catch portion engaging the distal end and a proximal threaded catch portion engaging the proximate end. The threaded portions rotate relative to one another and cooperate through the center joint to vary a distance between the distal and proximal ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: NMT Medical, Inc.Inventor: Ryan Cahill
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Patent number: 7510566Abstract: A tissue approximation device and processes for using the device are provided. The device is an implantable, biodegradable construct that has attachment points emanating from a supportive backing. The device improves the mechanical phase of wound healing and optimally distributes tension over the contact area between the device and tissue. Processes for using the device include soft tissue attachment and soft tissue to bone attachment. Several variations are particularly applicable to facilitating tissue approximation in surgical cosmetic applications, particularly chin lifts. Generally, tissue to be lifted may be set on a chin lift device via attachment points before or after the device is secured to a patient's bone. Variations of the device are described along with a method of installing the chin lift device. Also described is a tool particularly useful for installing a chin lift device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Coapt Systems, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Jacobs, Robert J. Elson
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Patent number: 7511185Abstract: Disclosed is a bandage for closing a wound or incision, and methods for the use of same. The bandage comprises a first flat flexible component having adhesive on a lower surface and one or more first elongated connectors extending in an offset manner from one edge thereof in a first direction. The bandage further comprises a second flat flexible component having adhesive on a lower surface and one or more second elongated connectors extending in an offset manner from one edge thereof in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction. Pulling elements are joined to the first and second elongated connectors. Means are provided for attaching the first elongated connectors to the second flat flexible component and the second elongated connectors to the first flat flexible component.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Clozex Medical LLCInventor: Michael Lebner
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Publication number: 20090076542Abstract: A tissue bonding article includes a flexible material, an adhesive substance applied over at least a portion of a bottom side of the flexible material, and a polymerizable adhesive composition permeated throughout at least a portion of the flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Jerry Jonn, Glenn Hoskin, Julian Quintero
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Publication number: 20090076541Abstract: The present invention is an occlusion device having a centering arm network that self-centers across a defect and can be retrieved and redeployed in situ. A self centering system allows the center of the occlusion device to remain properly positioned within the defect, which increases the effectiveness of the occlusion device. The self centering system is comprised of a plurality of centering arms which define a flexible intermediate zone. In addition, the occlusion device of the present invention has a plurality of right arms connected to the plurality of centering arms which make it possible to retrieve and redeploy the occlusion device in situ.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: Cardia, Inc.Inventors: Dara Chin, Michael P. Corcoran, Joseph A. Marino
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Publication number: 20090062850Abstract: A closure device for closing a puncture wound has a distal section that can be placed against the interior wall of a vessel and a proximal section that bunches in the tissue tract to close the wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventor: Christopher G.M. Ken
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Publication number: 20090043334Abstract: A buttress for use with circular surgical staplers that does not require adhesive to securely fasten the buttress to the stapler. Following cutting and stapling by the circular stapler, the buttress has an adaptive opening through its central region with a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the stapler anvil. Because of relief features built into the buttress, the stapler anvil may be pulled through the buttress material without causing permanent alteration to the buttress. These relief features may be provided regardless of whether the buttress is made of inelastic or elastic materials. The buttress is generally circular in shape with an outer diameter sized to coincide with the outer diameter of the stapler body staple compression surface and the outer diameter of the anvil compression surface of a circular stapler with which it is used. Prior to surgical use, the buttress is attached to the stapler with disruptable portions extending from outer perimetal areas of the buttress.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Ann M. Bauman, Stuart E. Broyles, Jerald M. Crawley, John R. Daugherty, Norman Pih
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Publication number: 20090043333Abstract: A medical apparatus (100) is provided, comprising a closure device (102), which comprises a locking member (130) and a tubular member (121) having two sets of struts (122, 123) being provided with a hinge section, and an insertion assembly (101), which comprises a holder (106) and an actuator (107), the holder being releasably engaged in the locking member and the actuator being releasably engaged with the tubular member. The insertion assembly further comprises a spring (105) which effectuates a relative movement between the holder and the actuator, which causes the closure device to move from a first elongated introduction configuration via a second positioning configuration to the third closed configuration, during which the tubular member is compressed such that the hinge sections have moved radially away from a longitudinal central axis of the closure device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Fredrik PREINITZ, Per Egnelov
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Publication number: 20090036922Abstract: The present invention is directed to tissue closure devices for closing a tissue opening, including one or more closure components, each closure component having a first member and a second member, each of the first and second members having a first surface that adheres to a tissue surface proximate to the tissue opening, each of the first and second members having a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface, and each of the first and second members having a transitional region between the first surface and the second surface which is contoured to evert an edge of the tissue opening upon the drawing together of the first and second members. The present invention is also directed to systems and kits, dressing systems, and methods for tissue repair and closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Daniel J. RISKIN, Andrew D. FOX, Michael Barenboym
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Publication number: 20090018576Abstract: The present invention relates generally to medical methods and systems used to restore the angle of His and treat hiatal hernias and other conditions of the lower esophagus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system that allows fixation of the distal esophagus and fundus of the stomach directly to the diaphragmatic crus muscle. The present invention provides a method where the diaphragmatic crus muscle is identified and precisely located from within and through the gastrointestinal lumen followed by the placement of a translumenal anchor which connects and secures the esophagus and stomach to the diaphragmatic crus muscle. This procedure reduces the hiatal hernia, restores the normal anatomy and treats conditions associated with the lower esophagus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: XLUMENA, INC.Inventor: Kenneth F. Binmoeller
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Publication number: 20090012559Abstract: The present invention provides a device for occluding an anatomical aperture, such as a septal defect or patent foramen ovale (PFO). The occluder includes two sides connected by an intermediate joint. Each of the sides includes at least one elongate element, which is arranged to form non-overlapping loops. Each loop has at least one radially-extending segment that is adjacent to a radially-extending segment of another loop. In at least some embodiments, at least one pair of adjacent radially-extending segments is connected. The loops of the device may be of various shapes, sizes, and configurations, and, in at least some embodiments, the loops have rounded peripheries. In some embodiments, at least one of the sides includes a tissue scaffold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: NMT MEDICAL, INC.Inventor: Andrzej J. CHANDUSZKO
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Publication number: 20090005780Abstract: A PFO closing device for bringing the septum primum and the septum secundum into contact with each other and joining them together includes a clamping mechanism and energy supplying device. The clamping mechanism includes a needle part for puncturing the septum primum, and a clamping member for cooperating with the needle part in clamping therebetween tissue of the septum primum and the septum secundum. The energy supplying device supplies energy for joining the tissues clamped by the needle part and the clamping member. The clamping mechanism is mounted in a catheter so as to be protrudable from and retractable into the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yukitoshi Kato
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Publication number: 20080312664Abstract: A medical device is disclosed for tissue, body lumen and/or cavity closure inside a body of a patient. In one particular application, the medical device can be used for minimally invasive access and closure of a left atrial appendage of the heart. The medical device generally includes a tool used for grasping the appendage, a closure member, and at least one tool to deploy, control, and position the closure member for closing the appendage. The device can also include an expander tool for expanding the working area around the left atrial appendage to improve visibility during the procedure. In other embodiments, the medical device may include other tools, for example an imaging tool for viewing the target area and/or other tools that are considered useful in a left atrial appendage closure procedure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: EPITEK, INC.Inventors: Earl Bardsley, Jianlu Ma, Jean Paul Rasschaert, Thomas J. McEvoy, Dave Johnson, Alex Grafov, Anthony Huynh, Rob Swain
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Publication number: 20080312666Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a closure element can include a splittable carrier tube and a splitter to split the tube. The carrier tube can have an outer surface retaining a closure element in a tubular configuration and can be split into radially-expandable flaps. A closure element has can have shape-memory body having a relaxed configuration with a planar-annular body defining a lumen with tines directed inwardly from the body. The clip can be held in a retaining configuration having a substantially asymmetrically-elongated tubular shape with a trapezoidal longitudinal cross-sectional profile and a proximal end having the tines being longitudinally directed with a first tine being more distally oriented compared to a substantially opposite second tine being more proximal, and retracting to a deploying configuration having a tubular shape with a rectangular longitudinal cross-sectional profile with the first tine being even with the second tine when being delivered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIESInventors: Brian A. Ellingwood, Laveille K. Voss, T. Daniel Gross, Kelly McCrystle
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Publication number: 20080300625Abstract: An internal and external medical closure system for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input/output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and/or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventor: David S. Zamierowski
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Publication number: 20080269781Abstract: The present invention provides an organ fixture having a rod shaped anchoring portion formed by bundling a suturing thread, and a fixing portion made of a suturing thread continuous with the suturing thread of the anchoring portion. By pulling the fixing portion with respect to the anchoring portion with a force larger than a prescribed level, the suturing thread forming the anchoring portion can be loosened. Additionally, the invention provides a type of organ fixture set which pierces and is inserted into the body of the patient while a portion of an anchoring portion and a fixing portion of the organ fixture is accommodated in it, and it can be pulled from the body of the patient while the anchoring portion is left within the stomach wall. Further, the organ fixture set has a unit for removing the organ fixture from the body of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2006Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: Shigeaki Funamura, Hitoshi Mabuchi
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Publication number: 20080249562Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a device for occluding an aperture in a body, for example, a patent foramen ovale (PFO), including a first side adapted to be disposed on one side of the septum and a second side adapted to be disposed on the opposite side of the septum. The device has an elongated, low-profile delivery configuration and a shortened, radially expanded deployment configuration. The first and second sides are adapted to occlude the aperture upon deployment of the device at its intended delivery location. The device also includes a radially expandable center portion. In some embodiments, the center portion includes a plurality of ribs provided by slits in device. The ribs expand radially when the device is deployed. The expandable center portion facilitates the positioning of the device in the aperture. The device can be secured in the deployed configuration using a catch system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: NMT MEDICAL, INC.Inventor: Ryan CAHILL
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Publication number: 20080249566Abstract: The present invention involves new interventional methods and devices for reducing gastric volume, and thereby treating obesity. The procedures are generally performed laparoscopically and may generally be described as laparoscopic plication gastroplasty (LPG) in which, after obtaining abdominal access, spaced apart sites on a gastric wall are engaged and approximated to create one or more tissue folds that are then secured to produce one or more plications projecting into the gastrointestinal space. The serosal tissue may optionally be treated during the procedure to promote the formation of a strong serosa-to-serosa bond that ensures the long-term stability of the tissue plication. These procedures are preferably carried out entirely extragastrically (i.e. without penetrating through the gastrointestinal wall), thereby minimizing the risks of serious complications. Methods for reversing the procedure are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Peter S. HARRIS, Barry Hal RABIN
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Patent number: 7431729Abstract: The present invention provides a device for occluding an anatomical aperture, such as a septal defect or patent foramen ovale (PFO). The occluder includes two sides connected by an intermediate joint. Each of the sides includes at least one elongate element, which is arranged to form non-overlapping loops. Each loop has at least one radially-extending segment that is adjacent to a radially-extending segment of another loop. In at least some embodiments, at least one pair of adjacent radially-extending segments is connected. The loops of the device may be of various shapes, sizes, and configurations, and, in at least some embodiments, the loops have rounded peripheries. In some embodiments, at least one of the sides includes a tissue scaffold.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: NMT Medical, Inc.Inventor: Andrzej J. Chanduszko
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Patent number: 7429265Abstract: A system and method of moving and stretching plastic tissue using dynamic force. An elastomeric driver is adjustably attachable to one or more anchors for securing the elastomer to the plastic tissue, providing a self adjusting system that is capable of exerting relatively constant tension over a certain distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Canica Design Inc.Inventors: Michael T. O'Malley, Michael S. G. Bell, James Lee, Leonard G. Lee
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Patent number: 7427283Abstract: A bone anchoring device, the device including a body having a first end affixable with a bone; and an engagement device engageable with a settable compound brought into contact with the engagement device prior to setting of the settable compound.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Assignee: Australiam Surgical Design & Manufacturing Pty LtdInventor: Gregory James Roger
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Publication number: 20080228218Abstract: The present invention provides devices for closing septal defects, such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO). The closure devices include a proximal anchor member, a distal anchor member, and at least one flexible center joint connecting the two anchor members. According to some embodiments, the proximal and/or distal anchor members may include a generally cylindrical member split along the central portion of its length to form an elongate oval. The proximal and/or distal anchor members may further include a tissue scaffold. At least some of the closure devices according to the present invention are repositionable and retrievable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: NMT MEDICAL, INC.Inventor: Andrzej J. CHANDUSZKO
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Publication number: 20080228220Abstract: An elongated flexible base strip is constructed with a bottom surface coated with an adhesive material. The base strip is constructed with bridging links which are spaced along the inner edge of the base strip and extend outward therefrom. The base strip, is cut to a first length and aligned with the wound with the bridging links extending over the wound. A matching portion of base strip is cut to a second length and aligned with the wound with the bridging links opposing. The opposing links are drawn together to close the wound. Adhesive on the links holds the links to the opposite base strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventor: Leslie Philipp Weiser
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Publication number: 20080228219Abstract: The present development includes an elongated flexible base strip having its bottom surface coated with an adhesive material suitable for adherence to skin and constructed with bridging links spaced along the inner edge of the base strip and extending outwardly therefrom. The inner edge of the base strip is intended to be aligned adjacent to a lip of the wound being treated. Each of the bridging links has an adhesive coated section displaced from the inner edge. In the packaged or stored position, prior to engagement, the bridging links are folded over the upper surface of the adhesive strip about a hinge that is at the joint of the bridging link to the base strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventor: Leslie P. Weiser
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Publication number: 20080221617Abstract: A barbed bodily tissue connector for insertion into tissue comprises an elongated body having a substantially polygonal periphery in cross-section including at least three sides. Each side meets an adjacent side at an edge of the elongated body. A plurality of barbs project from the edges of the body. The barbs are configured such that they are yieldable in a direction toward the body and resist retraction from tissue in an opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: Quill Medical, Inc.Inventor: Gregory L. Ruff
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Publication number: 20080215089Abstract: In a method for sealing an incision in an interior body wall such as a gastrotomy opening in a stomach, a closure device is positioned within the incision. The closure device includes a seal and an anchor coupled to the seal. The seal is positioned in sealing contact against a first surface of the body wall, and the anchor is positioned against the second surface of the body wall such that a portion of the closure device is positioned. The closure device seals the incision while healing takes place. Once the incision is significantly healed, the closure device bioerodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: Michael S. Williams, Geoffrey A. Orth, Jeffrey A. Smith, Richard A. Glenn
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Patent number: 7419498Abstract: A medical delivery system for delivering or retrieving a medical implant. In one embodiment, the medical delivery system includes a tube having a lumen; an implant; and a suture releasably joined to the implant, the suture comprising a first end, a second end, and a releasable knot, wherein tension applied to the first end of the suture collapses at least a portion of the implant for introduction into the tubular lumen and tension applied to the second end of the suture releases the implant.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: NMT Medical, Inc.Inventors: Steven Opolski, Sean Forde
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Publication number: 20080200949Abstract: Described are medical devices useful for applying a bolster material to a surgical fastening device such as a stapler, and related methods of manufacture and use. The devices include an applicator element for receipt between arms of the stapler, and a bolster material, desirably a remodelable extracellular matrix material, coupled to the applicator element. In certain embodiments, the bolster material is held by the applicator element, for example having at least a portion looped around or received through or over a portion of the applicator element. Also described are unique implantable materials including coatings of dried, reversible adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Michael C. Hiles, Umesh H. Patel, Bhavin Shah, Chad S. McAlexander
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Patent number: 7414168Abstract: Disclosed is a two-component device for closing a laceration or incision. The device includes a first component comprising a first adhesive-backed anchoring member and one or more first connecting members extending from one edge thereof in a first direction. Also included is a second component comprising a second adhesive-backed anchoring member and one or more second connecting members extending from one edge thereof in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction. Means for attaching the one or more first connecting members to the second anchoring member and means for attaching the one or more second connecting members to the first anchoring member is also provided. The attachment of the connecting members to the anchoring members forms attached and bridging portions of the one or more connecting members, the attached portions being attached to an anchoring member, and the bridging portions spanning the over-laceration area between the first and second anchoring members.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Clozex Medical LLCInventor: Michael Lebner
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Patent number: 7413571Abstract: A flexible medical closure screen for closing a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input/output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and/or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventor: David S. Zamierowski
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Patent number: 7413570Abstract: A medical closure screen device for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input/output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and/or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventor: David S. Zamierowski
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Publication number: 20080167682Abstract: An occlusion device comprises a bioabsorbable material, which allows the occlusion device to effectively close a defect in the heart while eliminating or limiting components which permanently remain in the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: Cardia, Inc.Inventors: Michael P. Corcoran, Joseph A. Marino
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Publication number: 20080161835Abstract: A sinus membrane perforation patching material carrying and insertion instrument, comprising a central support for a quantity of a sinus membrane patching material and moveable outer supports spaced laterally outward of the central support for laterally supporting and expanding the patching material as it is forced by the central support upward over the sinus perforation to form a relatively thin laterally extending patch sealed to the sinus membrane and closing and sealing the perforation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Jason M. Yamada
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Publication number: 20080161834Abstract: An internal sinus procedure for patching a perforation in patient's sinus membrane comprising the steps of (i) creating an opening in the sinus floor of a patient to expose the portion of the sinus membrane including the perforation, (ii) inserting a quantity of a sinus membrane patching material through the opening to a location adjacent the sinus perforation and (iii) laterally expanding and forcing the patching material against the sinus membrane to seal the perforation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Jason M. Yamada
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Publication number: 20080140192Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoresponsive adhesives. The invention further relates to methods for the reversible attachment of retinal implants, other implants, and drug delivery devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: University of Southern CaliforniaInventors: Mark Humayun, Buddy R. Ratner, James Weiland, Murat Tunc, Xuanhong Cheng
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Publication number: 20080119892Abstract: A binding component for binding together a pair of biological tissues. The binding component includes an elongated body defining a body longitudinal axis, the body being made, at least in part, of a shape memory material. The body is configured and sized so as to be both substantially flexible and substantially compressible in a direction substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicants: SOCOVAR SOCIETE EN COMMANDITE, INSTITUT DE CARDIOLOGIE DE MONTREALInventors: Vladimir Brailovski, Raymond Cartier, Patrick Terriault, Yannick Baril
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Publication number: 20080114395Abstract: The invention relates to a medical sealing device (1) for the sealing of a puncture hole in a vessel wall, and comprises an inner member (2), which is adapted to be positioned at an interior surface of the vessel wall, and an outer member (3), which is adapted to be positioned outside the vessel wall, the inner member (2) and the outer member (3) being held together by a retaining member (4). The sealing device (1) comprises further a haemostatic agent (5), which can be provided at an inner side of the outer member (3) to improve the sealing performance of the sealing device (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: RADI MEDICAL SYSTEMS ABInventors: Torbjorn Mathisen, Per Egnelov
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Publication number: 20080097472Abstract: A device disclosed is a device for protecting soft tissues and for assisting in the performance of surgical procedure involving incision of tissues. The incision having a longitude section and two ends, and the device comprises a flexible sheet configured to be placed on the tissue, wherein the sheet outlines the tissue. According to one preferred embodiment the device provides indication for the location for performing the incision. According to further embodiments the device can comprise attaching means for attaching the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Jonathan AGMON, Arnon AGMON
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Patent number: 7361185Abstract: A system and method of moving and stretching plastic tissue using dynamic force. A preferably non-reactive force applying component is adjustably attachable to one or more tissue attachment structures for securing the force applying component to the plastic tissue, providing a self adjusting system that is capable of exerting relatively constant tension over a certain distance.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Canica Design, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. O'Malley, Michael S. G. Bell, Timothy Maxwell, James Henderson
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Publication number: 20080091235Abstract: A closure device includes a bioremodelable patch and a joining element linking one or more bioremodelable patches to tissue portions adjacent to a bodily opening. The closure device may include a pair of bioremodelable patches linked by sutures and compressively joined to overlapping tissue portions adjacent to the opening. The closure device may be further contained within an assembly additionally including a catheter having a hollow sheath and a pusher. The pusher may be used to dislodge one or more bioremodelable patches from the catheter to facilitate stable closure of a bodily opening, such as a septal opening in a PFO.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Inventor: Daniel J. Sirota
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Patent number: 7354446Abstract: Disclosed is a two-component device for closing a laceration or incision. The device includes a first component comprising a first adhesive-backed anchoring member and one or more first connecting members extending from one edge thereof in a first direction. The first adhesive-backed anchoring member is protected by a two-stage release liner system which includes: 1) a release liner with a bottom surface covering the adhesive-backed surface of the first anchoring member; and 2) a semi-rigid tab attached to a portion of the top surface of the release liner. The semi-rigid tab includes a first and a second edge. The first edge is oriented generally parallel to the wound edge of the first anchoring member and attached to the release liner at a position intermediate in the release liner between the portion of the release liner protecting the wound edge and the portion of the release liner protecting the edge of the first anchoring member generally opposite the wound edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Clozex Medical, LLCInventor: Michael Lebner
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Patent number: 7351250Abstract: A flexible medical closure screen device for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input/output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and/or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.Inventor: David S. Zamierowski
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Patent number: 7338520Abstract: This invention relates to prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and a single catheter device and minimally invasive techniques for percutaneous and transluminal valvuloplasty and prosthetic valve implantation.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: ABPS Venture One, Ltd.Inventors: Steven R. Bailey, Christopher T. Boyle