Suture sleeve
First Claim
1. A suture sleeve comprising:
- a tubular body having a flexible bore extending longitudinally therethrough and having an expandable closed annular space circumferentially extending at least partially around the bore.
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Abstract
An inflatable suture sleeve used to secure a pacer lead of a pacer system to adjacent tissue. The suture sleeve has an internal cavity, which, preferably, has an inflatable balloon therein. The suture sleeve is positioned as desired and is sutured or stapled to tissue within the patient'"'"'s chest. An inflation syringe is attached to an inflation nipple on the suture sleeve. Then a predetermined quantity of saline solution is injected into the balloon expanding the balloon so that internal ridges, on a flexible bore through which the pacer lead extends, tighten against the pacer lead to securely hold the pacer lead to the suture sleeve. Inflatable suture sleeve secures the pacer lead as the balloon causes pressure and a snug fit against the pacer wire when inflated. When not inflated, suture sleeve can be re-positioned on pacer wire.
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42 Claims
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1. A suture sleeve comprising:
a tubular body having a flexible bore extending longitudinally therethrough and having an expandable closed annular space circumferentially extending at least partially around the bore. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A suture sleeve comprising:
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a base;
a tubular body attached to the base; and
an inflatable balloon attached to the base and the tubular body, the balloon circumferentially extending around a portion of the tubular body. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A suture sleeve comprising:
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a tubular body having a bore extending therethrough and an internal cavity circumferentially extending partially around the bore; and
an inflatable balloon within the tubular body internal cavity. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A suture sleeve comprising:
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a reinforced silicon tubular body having;
a flexible bore extending therethrough;
an internal cavity circumferentially extending partially around the bore; and
a plurality of attachment wings extending outward from the tubular body, the bore having a plurality of inwardly extending ridges thereon, the plurality of inwardly extending ridges comprising pairs of opposed arcuate ridges, each arcuate ridge circumferentially extending less than 180°
, a pair of arcuate ridges being longitudinally spaced from an adjacent pair of arcuate ridges, a central portion of an undersurface of the tubular body being substantially flat; and
an inflatable balloon within the tubular body internal cavity, the balloon having a self-sealing inflation port, the inflation port extending through an external surface of the tubular body. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. In combination:
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a suture sleeve having a flexible bore extending longitudinally therethrough and an expandable closed annular space circumferentially extending at least partially around the bore;
a syringe; and
a predetermined amount of saline solution for filling the suture sleeve inflatable chamber. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A surgical staple comprising:
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a central portion;
a leg extending downward from each end of the central portion, the central portion and the legs being monolithic; and
a silicon coating enclosing the central portion and adjacent portions of each leg.
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