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7615062 |
Suture guide and ruptured tissue repair
Suturing tissue methods may include positioning a suture guide so that its tissue guard overlies or supports the tissue and its flanking post flanks a first tissue side. A first needle and attached...
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7615061 |
Bone anchor suture-loading system, method and apparatus
A suture-loading system, method and apparatus for loading a suture onto a bone anchor, the system comprising: a bone anchor comprising a suture leg-anchoring structure and a plurality of body holes...
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7608085 |
Catheter having end including grooved needle guides
A catheter for use in suturing conduit shaped tissue within a subjects body, which includes a flexible tubular member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a lumen therebetween....
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7582097 |
Suture welding system and method
A suture welding system for fixedly attaching a first length of suture to a second length of suture includes an electrosurgical energy source and a suture welding device. The suture welding device...
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7582089 |
Multi-use linkage device
A linkage device that can be connected with other linkage devices and to itself, the linkage device comprising a strip having a first end and a second end, a closure hub attached to the first end...
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7572265 |
Method and apparatus for passing a suture
A suture pushing device includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a suturing head at the distal end of the shaft. The suturing head includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first...
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7527633 |
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...
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7491212 |
Transmitting an actuating force along a curved instrument
In one aspect there is a curved medical instrument comprising an outer member and an inner member. The inner member has a curved portion at a distal region of the inner member. The outer member is...
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7488335 |
Device for ligating an anatomical structure
A device for ligating an oblong anatomical structure having a ligature element. A proximal portion of the ligature element may have a keeper and the distal portion may have a barb which is slidably...
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7473260 |
Suture sever tube
An apparatus for cutting a suture. In one embodiment the suture cutting apparatus includes a distal cutting end and a proximal control end. The apparatus also includes a first tube defining a...
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7473259 |
Implant stabilizing instrument, kit and method
A surgical instrument stabilizes an implant as the implant is secured to native tissue at a damaged tissue site such as in an intra-articular space. The instrument has a proximal end portion, a...
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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.
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ),...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7156857 |
Endoscopic instruments
An endoscopic instrument used to form an artificial valve for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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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...
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