RELOADABLE LAPAROSCOPIC FASTENER DEPLOYING DEVICE FOR USE IN A GASTRIC VOLUME REDUCTION PROCEDURE

• US 20090112234A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Harris, Jason L., Stokes, Michael J., Zeiner, Mark S., Crainich, Lawrence, Alesi, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/930,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112234A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/144
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0401 Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors A61B17/0642 takes precedence; fixation devices for tendons or ligaments A61F2/0811
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0467 Instruments for cutting sutures surgical cutting instruments A61B17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0469 Suturing instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery, e.g. endoscopic surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0487 Suture clamps, clips or locks, e.g. for replacing suture knots; Instruments for applying or removing suture clamps, clips or locks suture anchors A61B17/0401; wound clamps or clips A61B17/08; ligaturing clamps or clips A61B17/122
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00278 Transorgan operations, e.g. transgastric
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00818 Treatment of the gastro-intestinal system
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0409 Instruments for applying suture anchors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0417 T-fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0419 H-fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0475 using sutures having a slip knot
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0496 for tensioning sutures
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/06052 Needle-suture combinations in which a suture is extending inside a hollow tubular needle, e.g. over the entire length of the needle
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/0086 using clamps, folding means or the like

Abstract

A reloadable device for deploying fasteners including a handle and at least one actuator. The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The device also includes a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the distal end of hollow housing. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The device also includes a means for facilitating removal the first cartridge and replacing it with a second cartridge.

Claims

1. A reloadable device for deploying fasteners comprising:

a. a handle and at least one actuator;

b. said handle connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends;

c. a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to said distal end of hollow housing;

d. said fastener comprising at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads; and

e. a means for facilitating removal said first cartridge and replacing it with a second cartridge.

2. The device of claim 1 further including a means for placing said anchors into tissue.

3. The device of claim 2 further including a means for positioning said anchors adjacent one another after said anchors are placed into the tissue.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said means for positioning said anchors adjacent one another after said anchors are placed into the tissue comprises a means for drawing said suture in a proximal direction.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein said suture has a pre-tied knot disposed thereon between said anchors.

6. The device of claim 1 further including a means for cutting said suture.

7. A reloadable device for deploying fasteners comprising:

a. a handle and at least one actuator;

b. said handle connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends;

c. a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to said distal end of hollow housing;

d. said fastener comprising at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads and

e. a second cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to said distal end of said hollow housing after removal of said first cartridge.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein said actuator places said anchors into tissue.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said actuator places said anchors adjacent one another after said anchors are placed into the tissue.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein said actuator has a member capable of drawing said suture in a proximal direction.

11. The device of claim 7 wherein said suture has a pre-tied knot disposed thereon between said anchors.

12. The device of claim 7 further including a means for cutting said suture.