SURGICAL BUTTONS

• US 3,664,345 A
• Filed: 07/06/1970
• Issued: 05/23/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clyde Harwell Dabbs, Hugh G. Neil
• Original Assignee: Clyde Harwell Dabbs, Hugh G. Neil
• Inventors: Dabbs, Clyde Harwell, Neil, Hugh G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Application Number:
  US05/052,449
• Time in Patent Office: 687 Days
• Field of Search: 128/334R,334C,335,335.5,339
• US Class Current: 606/232
• 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 2017/0404 Buttons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0414 having a suture-receiving opening, e.g. lateral opening lateral eyelet for attaching suture to needle A61B2017/06019
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/045 snug fit within the anchor

Abstract

A surgical button for retaining a suture after passing through the skin on one side of an abdominal or other wound. The button comprises a non-metallic disc made of nylon or other suitable plastic material which has an axial orifice therethrough for passage of the suture and which axial passage or orifice is intersected by a radial orifice extending diametrically therethrough to receive a locking pin which engages the suture in a wedging action to hold it tightly in the disc. The button also comprises a pad of soft, spongy material, such as sponge rubber, secured to one face of the disc with a covering of cloth or fabric which lies against the skin and prevents irritation or maceration. No tying of the suture is involved. It is held in place by the wedging action of the disc.

Claims

1. A surgical button comprising a disc having an axial opening therethrough for passage of a suture, said disc having a radial opening extending from the periphery inward and intersecting said axial opening, and a pin inserted into the radial opening in position for wedging relation with the suture.

2. A surgical button according to claim 1, wherein the pin has a tapered end at the axial opening for wedging the suture.

3. A surgical button according to claim 1, wherein the disc is relatively thick and flat and is formed of non-metallic material.

4. A surgical button comprising a disc having an axial opening therethrough for passage of a suture, said disc having a radial opening extending from the periphery inward and intersecting said axial opening, a pin inserted into the radial opening in position for wedging relation with the suture, said button including a thick pad of cushioning material on one side of the disc, and a strip of fabric covering the side of the pad opposite from the disc to be disposed between the cushion pad and the skin.

5. A surgical button comprising a relatively flat non-metallic disc having an axial opening therethrough for passage of a suture through the disc, said disc having a second opening extending diametrically therethrough intersecting the axial opening, a pin inserted in the second opening for wedging the suture in the axial opening, a pad of cushion material secured to one face of the disc, and a fabric material covering the outer face of the pad opposite from the disc to be disposed against the skin.

6. A surgical button according to claim 5, wherein the pin has a tapered end for wedging the suture in place.

7. A surgical button according to claim 5, wherein the pad and fabric covering are of greater area than the disc.

8. A method of securing a suture in place after passage from the skin of a patient, comprising passing the suture through a perforated disc, and inserting a pin radially through the disc in wedging relation with the suture.

9. A surgical button comprising a relatively flat disc, a pad of cushion material secured to one face of the disc, a sheet of fabric extending over the opposite face of the pad from the disc and substantially throughout said opposite face to lie in contact with the skin and to protect the skin from the cushion material, said pad and sheet of fabric being in position for passage of a suture therethrough from the skin to the disc, and means for securing the suture to the disc.

10. A surgical button according to claim 9, wherein the disc is non-metallic and the fabric sheet covers the entire area of the face of the pad to which said sheet is secured.