Anchor tip orientation device and method

US9131936B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark D. Kenyon · Ringoes, US
• Jessica Liberatore · San Mateo, US
• Daniel J. Smith · Manalapan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0464
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical device for inserting an anchor, including a handle having an actuator, an outer barrel shaft extending from the handle to a distal end and having a channel therethrough, and an outer barrel tip the distal end thereof having an elastomeric septum, a drive pin within the channel, and an implantable anchor removably coupled to the drive pin. The outer barrel shaft is coupled to an actuator for movement between a first extended position wherein the outer barrel shaft tip substantially cover the anchor, and a second retracted position where the outer barrel shaft tip do not cover the anchor. When the shaft is in the first position, the elastomeric septum of the outer barrel tip circumferentially surrounds and engages the anchor to thereby stabilize the anchor prior to deployment, and when the shaft is in the second position, the elastomeric septum does not engage the anchor.