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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162962 | Knot setter A surgical knot setter includes an elongated shaft having a long axis and proximal and distal portions. A tip is provided at the distal end of the shaft. The tip has a loop with an interior loop opening and a gate opening for permitting ingress and egress of a sutur... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162961 | Medical devices and methods for cutting and suturing biological tissue Medical devices for cutting and suturing biological tissue generally include a shaft and first and second guide members each including a first portion coupled to the shaft at a first location and a second portion coupled to the shaft at a second location. The first ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157818 | Integrated medical apparatus for non-traumatic grasping, manipulating and closure of tissue The integrated medical apparatus includes an operator handle end and a multi-prong grasping member positioned within and movable relative to a grasper lumen that extends from the handle end, wherein the grasping prongs are moved between an open and closed position b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157817 | Surgical instrument A minimally invasive surgical instrument having an elongate stem extending between a proximal end which in use is located externally of an operating space and a distal end which in use is located within an operating space. At least a portion of the stem is malleable... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8109945 | Percutaneous suture path tracking device with cutting blade The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for cutting filaments percutaneously. The methods and systems may be used in conjunction with sealing a puncture percutaneously in tissue separating two internal portions of the body of a living being with a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100923 | Suture locking device and methods The present invention relates to devices and methods for securing a pair of suture lengths together or for using a single strand of suture to secure tissue(s) together at an operative site in a patient without necessarily tying a knot. The suture lock device may inc... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097005 | Suture system A suture system includes a plurality of double-stranded needles connected in sequence with a single-stranded needle at each end. The double-stranded suture needles incorporates two suture strands into a single needle. The suture system of the present invention facil... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097006 | Surgical suture instrument A surgical suture instrument including a shank (2) on whose distal end a forceps jaw (4) is formed. The surgical suture instrument comprises a needle guide (30) through the forceps jaw (4). A receiver (40) for the releasable fasten... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8075575 | Device and method for assisting in flexor tendon repair and rehabilitation A surgical device and method used to assist in the surgical repair and rehabilitation of damaged and/or severed tendons. In one embodiment of the present invention, the device includes a hollow member, preferably shaped as a partial funnel and/or cone, having an inn... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075574 | Surgical knot pusher and method of use A surgical knot pusher device allows a prepared knot to be pushed down a length of suture without deforming or collapsing the knot. The surgical knot pusher device includes a handle portion and an elongate body extending from the handle portion. The elongate body ha... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062312 | Systems, devices, and methods for minimally invasive pelvic surgery The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, devices, and methods for treating urinary incontinence. The invention also provides a driver and methods for advancing needles, cannulas, and other medical devices through the pubic bone. The driver may... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7998151 | Leaflet suturing The methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. Regurgitation of an atrioventricular valve, particularly a mitral valve, can be repaired by modifying a tissue structure sele... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993355 | Method and device for suture isolation A method and device provides features for the temporary “parking” of sutures with respect to a cannula. In the preferred embodiments the features are slots that maintain tension on, and orientation of, sutures placed therein. The slots or features may be integra... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7981125 | Surgical knot pusher and cutter A solution is provided to push a knot and/or cut a suture using a housing having a tip, a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side having a recessed center. The housing further has at least one slit positioned at the tip, and a blade moveable... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976555 | Apparatus and method for minimally invasive suturing The invention includes a needle loader that may be used with a suturing device. The needle loader includes a generally planar needle supporting surface, a hub configured and adapted for receiving a generally toroidally shaped suturing needle around the hub, and mean... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972345 | Surgical instrument A surgical instrument of the present invention comprises an insertion unit; an operating unit provided on one end of the insertion unit; a treatment unit provided so as to protrude from the other end of the insertion unit; a first shaft member for transmitting turni... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967833 | Devices and methods for intracardiac procedures The invention provides devices and methods for performing closed-chest surgical intervention within an internal cavity of a patient's heart or great vessel. A scope extending through a percutaneous intercostal penetration in the patient's chest is used to view an in... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7955341 | Method and apparatus for providing suture in a passageway A surgical apparatus may include a guide apparatus to be used in an arthroscopic procedure and to interact with a passageway through a body portion formed by intersecting first and second holes that may lead into the body portion from different positions, e.g., from... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947053 | Suturing device and technique A suturing device includes a body member having proximal and distal ends and a longitudinal axis and comprising a slide and trigger slide; a tip assembly attached to the distal end and comprising: a hollow sheath having a window at its distal end; a pushrod in the h... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7927342 | Methods and devices for the treatment of urinary incontinence Methods and devices for treating female stress urinary incontinence are disclosed. The methods include transvaginally accessing the pelvic cavity and introducing a suburethral sling into the retropubic space. In some embodiments the ends of the sling are attached to... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7883518 | Surgical knot A length of suture is provided, and a knot is partially tied in that suture around a tube. The partially-tied knot includes a noose portion connected to a loosely-tied barrel portion. The knot is tied by holding a standing end of the suture substantially stationary ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883519 | Suture manipulating instrument particularly useful with endoscopes A suture manipulating instrument, includes: first and second handles manually movable relative to each other to open and closed positions; an elongated shaft having a proximal end fixed to the first handle, and a distal end defining a first jaw engageable with a sut... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7879050 | Trans-vascular surgical method and associated device A trans-vascular surgical method includes forming an artificial opening in a blood vessel of a patient's vascular system at a substantially predetermined location and moving a distal end portion of a medical instrument through at least a section of the patient's vas... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875043 | Cinching loop A solution is provided to release a tissue cinching loop within a body having a first thread having a first end and a second end, and a second thread having a first half having a first tip, a second half having a second tip, a bottom half having a link, and a top ha... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7842050 | Suture passing devices An embodiment of the invention includes a surgical device for passing suture through soft tissue. The surgical device can include at least one elongate superelastic member having a thickness and having a first resting configuration that defines at least one curve ha... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842051 | Snared suture trimmer A suture trimmer, the suture trimmer including a shaft having a first end, a second end and a bore extending axially therebetween, the shaft having an opening formed in the side adjacent the distal end. A fitting is on the distal end of the shaft, the fitting having... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842052 | Necklift procedure and instruments for performing same A method for threading a suture in a patient's body. The method includes the steps of providing a suture, providing a threading device comprising an elongated rod having a suture tie-off location and first and second ends, tying the suture to the suture tie-off loca... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833237 | Instrument for assisting in the remote placement of tied surgical knots and trimming of suture away from the knot and method of use An instrument is provided having a shaft extending to a distal end having a cavity, and a passageway extending to the cavity through which a first suture end of a suture loop extends from a tissue site to facilitate a user looping a second suture end around the firs... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7776059 | Suturing method An apparatus used with a helical suture device has a first end and a second end. The first end includes a spatulate member having a length along a first axis. The second end includes a guide shaped to receive a cylindrical axle of the helical suture device for rotat... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771441 | Method and apparatus for providing suture in a passageway A surgical apparatus may include a guide apparatus to be used in an arthroscopic procedure and to interact with a passageway through a body portion formed by intersecting first and second holes that may lead into the body portion from different positions, e.g., from... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763038 | Suture needle retention device An improved suture needle retention device suitably adapted to be removably attached to the end of a surgical instrument for convenient placement proximate to the surgical field yet out of the way of the surgeon, said device having a needle pervious retention member... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7763037 | System and method for attaching a vein, an artery, or a tube in a vascular environment A device for assisting in a vascular procedure is provided that includes a handle and one or more legs that are operable to move in response to a force being applied to the handle. The legs are operable to extend and to contract in order to manipulate a conduit. In ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7763039 | Articulating blunt dissector/gastric band application device A single handed articulating blunt dissector/gastric band application device includes a support shaft connecting a handle at a first end of the device to an articulating assembly at a second end of the device. The handle includes an actuation mechanism linked to the... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758598 | Combination knotting element and suture anchor applicator A medical device that includes a cannulated needle, a first knotting element portion releaseably engaged with the needle, a second knotting element portion also releaseably engaged with the needle, a knotting element deployment actuator that abuts the second knottin... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753923 | Leaflet suturing The methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing endovascular repair of atrioventricular and other cardiac valves in the heart. Regurgitation of an atrioventricular valve, particularly a mitral valve, can be repaired by modifying a tissue structure sele... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749237 | Surgical repair kit and its method of use A suture passer comprises a longitudinally extending hollow cannula having a central passage slidingly receivable of a surgical suture; a manually graspable handle connected to the hollow cannula for manipulation thereof, the handle having an upper surface; first gu... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7749236 | Device for guiding surgical sewing material to a needle The invention relates to a device for guiding surgical sewing material to a needle, having a shaft on whose distal end the needle can be secured and whose proximal end is configured as a gripping portion equipped with an open guide channel for the sewing material th... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7736372 | Apparatus and methods for endoscopic suturing Apparatus & methods for endoscopic suturing are described herein. A distal tip of the endoscopic device engages the tissue and then approximates the engaged tissue to form a tissue fold. A needle body positioned within a flexible catheter is deployed into or through... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7722632 | Surgical suture holding device A device for holding a surgical suture including a base, a guide body, a cam body, a bearing member, and a spring member. The base has a top side, a front edge, and a back edge. The guide body projects from the top side of the base and defines a guide face having an... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717927 | Medical knot pusher The invention relates to a medical knot pusher having a shaft, a handle on the proximal end of the shaft, and a guide device on the distal end of the shaft, for holding and guiding surgical sewing material, as well as with an additional cutting device positioned on ... | 05/18/2010 |
