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7410499 Valve holder  
A valve holder assembly having a main valve holder and a detachable secondary valve holder for positioning a heart valve prosthesis.
7407505 Running stitch suturing device  
An instrument and method for suturing wound closures is provided having a handle, shaft and suture engagement mechanism. The instrument provides for multiple placements or “bites” of suture in...
7407482 Penile prosthesis devices and methods  
Penile implant devices and methods are disclosed. A penile implant device in accordance with the present invention includes an implantable penile prosthesis pre-connected to a needle by a suture....
7402166 Devices and methods for positioning sutures  
A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in...
7377927 Systems, devices and methods for suturing patient tissue  
A method of suturing patient tissue together is provided. The method comprises positioning a suture placement device adjacent patient tissue, the suture placement device having a body and a suture...
7371244 Deployment apparatus for suture anchoring device  
A deployment device for anchoring a suture to a suture anchoring device, which is made from a helically coiled member, includes a winding tube for winding a suture around the coiled member in a...
7344545 Endoscopic suturing system  
An endoscopic treatment device is used with an endoscope. This treatment device includes a transmission member with a flexible structure having a distal end portion to be inserted into a body and...
7338502 Systems and methods for soft tissue reconstruction  
Suture-based fasteners and fastening methods for soft tissue reconstruction are described that can include a needle tip swaged onto two sutures and loaded onto the end of a curved needle shaft. The...
7335221 Suture anchoring and tensioning device and method for using same  
A suture anchoring device is made from a coiled member having a helical configuration with a multiplicity of turns. When used in connection with a surgical procedure, the device is positioned...
7331970 Pull locking rotational action needle driver  
A pull-locking rotational action needle driver that comprises an ergonomically designed handle and an integrated locking system that permits left and right handed surgeons to perform the surgical...
7329272 Graft fixation using a plug against suture  
A method for securing soft tissue to bone which does not require the surgeon to tie suture knots to secure the tissue to the bone. A pilot hole or socket is created in the bone at the location that...
7326228 Medical instrument for surgery  
A medical instrument especially suited for the HALS operating technique that can be entirely inserted together with one of the surgeon's hands into the operating area for operating purposes and...
7318802 Endoscope and endoscopic suturing instrument for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease  
The holding device of the endoscope allows suspension of the tissue while it is held and fixed securely. Use of holding device with large distal ends will not damage tissue and allows holding and...
7311715 Suturing set for medical use  
The invention relates to a suturing set for medical use, comprising a handle piece, a needle, at least partly embodied as a hollow needle and which may be fixed to the handle and a transport...
7306613 Endoscopic instruments  
A tissue-piercing device includes two piercing members, and an operation section to which a proximal end of each of the piercing members is connected. Each of the piercing members includes a...
7303568 Suture and clamp retainer and organizer  
A suture clamp and/or suture retainer and organizer device for use during a surgical procedure, including an elongated body formed of resilient material and has a plurality of spaced lateral slits...
7300451 Suture anchoring device  
The present invention is directed to a suture locking device including a longitudinal retaining member having first and second ends; a support member having first and second recesses that are...
7291155 System with a surgical needle and a handle  
In a system with a surgical needle and a handle, the surgical needle has in its proximal end-section, lying opposite the needle tip, a holding section ( 14 ), which is set up for insertion into the...
7285124 Single-tailed suturing method  
A suture loop is formed in a hollow braided suture by feeding one end of a length of suture through a part in the braid of the suture and into the inner lumen formed by the hollow braid. The...
7285086 Minimally invasive medical implant and insertion device and method for using the same  
A medical device including an implant and inserter and a method for using the same. One embodiment includes an implant for implantation within a patient, and a first inserter for inserting the...
7270672 Rod for transferring and tightening knotted suture into patient's body  
A knot placer has a rod ( 10 ) connecting a handle end ( 11 ) to a working end ( 12 ). The working end ( 12 ) has a closed leg eyelet ( 15 ) and a slit leg eyelet ( 16 ). A slidable knot ( 27 ),...
7270671 Semi-automatic suture device for using surgical thread  
The present invention provides an implantable device for semiautomatic suturing using a surgical thread, the suturing enabling biological and/or artificial tissues to be united, the device...
7264623 Tissue grasping instrument and method for use in arthroscopic surgery  
A tissue grasping instrument and method for use in arthroscopic surgery is disclosed. Typically, the instrument will be used in the manipulation of sutures and a graft in the form of an acellular...
7244260 Apparatus for holding and arranging threads in surgical operations  
An apparatus for holding and arranging threads in surgical operations with a flexible structure being in a ring form, connecting straight linear forms or divided linear forms, with flexible metal...
7235087 Articulating suturing device and method  
Devices, systems, and methods for suturing of body lumens allow the suturing of vascular puncture sites located at the distal end of a percutaneous tissue tract. An elongated articulated foot near...
7232448 Minimally invasive stitching device  
A stitching device useful for implanting suture in tissue, for example, cartilaginous tissue. The device has a frame and an elongated tubular member mounted thereto. A suture capture needle having...
7232446 Pneumatic suture instrument  
The surgical suturing instrument incorporates a pressurized fluid suture feed system for passing a suture through the instrument and the tissues to be joined thereby. A fluid jet in communication...
7217280 Apparatus and method for anchoring sutures  
A suture anchor having a conical surface and a bore in which an end of an insertion tool is inserted. The insertion end of the insertion tool is made of material having elastic properties. The bore...
7211093 Sew-right running stitch instrument  
An instrument and method for suturing wound closures is provided having a handle, shaft and suture engagement mechanism. The instrument provides for multiple placements or “bites” of suture in...
7204841 Apparatus for suturing a blood vessel  
A vascular suturing device is disclosed which includes an elongated tubular body defining opposed proximal and distal end portions and having a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, the body...
7198631 Advanced wound site management systems and methods  
An introducer having a sheath, a guide rod, and at least two wire stabilization guides being elongated members, at least a portion of which extend from an end of the sheath. The portions of the...
7182239 Segmented introducer device for a circular surgical stapler  
A segmented introducer device is capable of fitting onto the center rods of circular stapling devices having different stapler head diameters. Multiple body segments are provided depending upon the...
7179266 Surgical device  
A device for automatically providing needles to a sealing apparatus for sealing a puncture in an anatomical structure, the sealing apparatus including a needle insertion lumen and a needle pusher...
7172606 Soft tissue repair material fixation apparatus and method  
An apparatus for use in affixing material to a location under repair includes a material retention member and an anchor. The anchor is configured to be inserted into a cavity in bone tissue, the...
7169157 Tacking tool and tack  
A surgical tacking apparatus for forming and applying surgical fasteners during laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures is disclosed. It includes a housing having a handle, an elongated tubular...
7169156 Suture grasping device  
A device for snaring cord-like objects is provided. The device comprises a hollow shaft having a pointed distal end, a rod having a pair of wires attached to its distal end, the wires being spring...
7160310 Surgical device for pushing together a thread loop  
To avoid a maximum displacing force being exceeded in the case of a device for pushing together a thread loop which is formed by a slip knot at the distal free end of the thread which can be...
7160309 Systems for anchoring a medical device in a body lumen  
A system for securing a device in tissue, having a sheath having a plurality of side openings; a rotatable element disposed within the sheath; and a plurality of curved projections extending from...
7160285 Graft ligament strand tensioner  
A graft ligament strand tensioner includes a frame member for slidingly retaining loops of sutures extending from graft ligament strands. The tensioner further includes a collar portion, and is...
7156857 Endoscopic instruments  
An endoscopic instrument used to form an artificial valve for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
7150753 Non-disposable trocar needle and handle  
A non-disposable trocar needle and handle for suturing laparoscopic and other small incisions. In one embodiment, the trocar needle has a handle and a curved needle tip which allow a surgeon, with...
7147651 Stiff tipped suture  
A multi-stranded suture having a stiff portion adjacent to at least one end of the suture to facilitate advancement of the suture through a cannulated surgical suturing instrument. The suture...
7147646 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...
7144411 Apparatus and methods for positioning a vascular sheath  
An apparatus for positioning an introducer sheath includes a sheath having a distal end including first and second ports, the second port being located distally from the first port. An obturator is...
7141057 Doppler directed suture ligation device and method  
Exemplary embodiments are directed to providing a method of preparing an anatomical vessel contained within a tissue bundle for ligation, including positioning a cannula adjacent to the tissue...
7131980 Surgical suturing instrument and method of use  
A device is disclosed for passing a flexible elongated element through a portion of a subject. In an embodiment, the device includes structure for retaining said flexible elongated element; and...
7131979 Surgical suturing instrument and method of use  
A device is disclosed for introducing a flexible elongated element through at least two portions of a subject. The device includes an advancement unit for advancing the flexible elongated element...
7122039 Tying knots  
A suture knot can be tied during a medical procedure by use of a suture retainer ring in connection with a suturing instrument. The retainer ring allows a user to orient a suture about the...
7121997 Surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary incontinence  
Described is a surgical instrument and method for treating female urinary stress incontinence. The instrument includes a first curved needle-like element defining in part a curved shaft having a...
7118583 Meniscal suturing instrument and method  
An instrument for surgical suturing includes a shaft, and a needle disposed slidably for longitudinal travel with respect to the shaft. A prong formed on one end of the shaft projects across a...