Compound barb medical device and method

US8888810B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Covidien LP · US

Inventors

• Ahmad Robert Hadba · Wallingford, US
• Gerald Hodgkinson · Guilford, US
• Seth Gleiman · Guilford, US
• Matthew D. Cohen · Irvine, US
• Nicholas Maiorino · Branford, US
• Timothy D. Kosa · Hamden, US
• Mark S. Buchter · Ansonia, US
• Michael Primavera · Orange, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/06176
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Barbed medical devices include a crown interconnecting a pair of legs and at least one barb extending from each of the legs. The at least one barb may define an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg, a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis, and optionally, a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis of the leg.