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Shape memory filament for suture management

US9072514B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

65References

13Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Thomas P. Knapp · Santa Monica, US
Bernhard Uihlein · Seligenstadt, DE
Stanley O. Thompson · New Boston, US
Timothy J. Coonahan · Sterling, US
Jon Taylor · Groton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2006
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/061
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A member of a rigid flexible elastic material, the member including a body portion and an aperture portion with the member adapted for delivery through an axial longitudinal channel of a percutaneous delivery subsystem, the aperture portion including an expanded mode having a lateral dimension greater than an inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion extends outside the channel and a collapsed mode wherein the lateral dimension is not greater than the inner diameter of the channel when the aperture portion is within the channel, the channel including a first axial opening and a second axial opening with the aperture portion transitioning from the expanded mode to the collapsed mode when inserted into the openings and the aperture transitioning from the collapsed mode to the expanded mode when exiting from the openings.

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