Tack device with shield

• US 6,544,273 B1
• Filed: 10/06/2000
• Issued: 04/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Ams Research Corporation (Endo International PLC)
• Inventors: Harari, Boaz, Beyar, Mordechay, Globerman, Oren
• Primary Examiner(s): Calvert, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hurley, Shaun R
• Application Number:
  US09/684,108
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 606/53, 606/60, 606/72, 606/75, 606/151, 606/152, 606/153, 606/154, 606/155, 606/156, 606/157, 606/158, 606/232, 606/233
• US Class Current: 606/151
• 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 17/0642 for bones, e.g. for osteosynthesis or connecting tendon to bone
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00805 Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00867 shape memory effect for prostheses A61F2210/0014
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0409 Instruments for applying suture anchors for applying suture clamps, clips or locks A61B2017/0488
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0412 having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from suture anchor body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0427 having anchoring barbs or pins extending outwardly from the anchor body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0437 the barbs being resilient or spring-like
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/044 with a threaded shaft, e.g. screws
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0647 having one single leg, e.g. tacks
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0045 Support slings

Abstract

A slotted shield for a surgical tack, including a body adapted to engage a tack head. The shield has at least one slot having a width, defined by the body. Optionally, the shield is mounted on a tack head on which said shield is mounted.

Claims

1. A slotted shield for use with a surgical instrument for implanting a surgical tack in bone, the surgical instrument having a tack head, the slotted shield comprising:

a body adapted to engage the tack head; and

at least one slot having a width, defined by said body.

2. A shield according to claim 1, and comprising a tack head on which said shield is mounted.

3. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said shield is mounted in a temporary manner.

4. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said shield is permanently mounted on said tack head.

5. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said shield is adapted to have a fixed rotational orientation when mounted on said tack head.

6. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said shield is a one-use shield.

7. A shield according to claim 2, wherein at least a portion of said shield defining said slot is rigid.

8. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said body defines at least one arm-slot for an arm of said tack.

9. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said at least one slot comprises a single slot.

10. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said at least one slot comprises two slots.

11. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said slot is wider than a sling which is mounted on said tack.

12. A shield according to claim 2, wherein said slot is adapted to hold a sling.

13. A surgical instrument for implanting a surgical tack in bone, the instrument having a slotted shield and a tack head on which said shield is mounted, the slotted shield comprising a body adapted to engage the tack head;

at least one slot having a width, defined by said body, and

wherein at least a portion of said shield defining said slot is flexible.

14. A surgical instrument for implanting a surgical tack in bone, the instrument having a slotted shield and a tack head on which said shield is mounted, the slotted shield comprising a body adapted to engage the tack head;

at least one slot having a width, defined by said body, and

wherein at least a portion of said shield defining said slot is retractable relative to said tack head.