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Method and apparatus for forming a suture connector in situ

US9757117B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Darren Galligan · San Francisco, US
Jeffery Argentine · Petaluma, US
Benjamin Morris · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 8, 2015
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/0488
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for forming a suture connector in situ includes a suture connector placement device having a handle, an outer shaft, an intermediate shaft, and a push rod, and a suture connector having a sleeve and a plug. The intermediate shaft is slidingly disposed through a lumen of the outer shaft, and the push rod is slidingly disposed through a lumen of the intermediate shaft. When the suture connector is in a loaded configuration within the suture connector placement device, the sleeve is radially disposed over the intermediate shaft and the plug is positioned proximal to the sleeve within the lumen of the intermediate shaft. Distal advancement of the push rod moves the plug into the sleeve and proximal retraction of the intermediate shaft releases the resilient sleeve onto the plug, thereby securing two suture portions between the sleeve and the plug. The system is then utilized to trim the suture portions.

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