Biological vessel suspending assembly and systems and methods utilizing same
First Claim
1. A biological vessel supporting assembly for supporting a biological vessel within a body cavity, comprising:
- a mounting element for anchoring said mounting element within the body cavity, said mounting element including a flexible suspension strand and an anchoring device at each of the opposite ends of the suspension strand for mounting said strand in suspension within said body cavity;
and a sling mountable at its opposite ends to said mounting element and dimensioned to support said biological vessel when the sling is mounted to said mounting element;
said sling being slidably mountable at its opposite ends to said suspension strand such as to permit the sling, and the biological vessel when supported thereon, to be precisely positioned within said body cavity.
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Abstract
A biological vessel suspending assembly is provided. The assembly includes a sling element and at least one anchoring device being attached to at least one end of the sling element, the at least one anchoring device being capable of self anchoring into a tissue to thereby enable suspension of the biological vessel from the sling element, wherein at least a portion of the sling element engaging the biological vessel is configured as a tubular sleeve-like structure capable of rolling upon the biological vessel thus decreasing the likelihood of frictional damage caused by movements of the biological vessel or the sling element at service.
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25 Claims
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1. A biological vessel supporting assembly for supporting a biological vessel within a body cavity, comprising:
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a mounting element for anchoring said mounting element within the body cavity, said mounting element including a flexible suspension strand and an anchoring device at each of the opposite ends of the suspension strand for mounting said strand in suspension within said body cavity;
and a sling mountable at its opposite ends to said mounting element and dimensioned to support said biological vessel when the sling is mounted to said mounting element;
said sling being slidably mountable at its opposite ends to said suspension strand such as to permit the sling, and the biological vessel when supported thereon, to be precisely positioned within said body cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A biological vessel supporting assembly for supporting a biological vessel within a body cavity, comprising:
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an elongated, flexible suspension strand having an anchoring device at each of its opposite ends for mounting the suspension strand within the body cavity;
and a flexible sling strand mountable at its opposite ends to said suspension strand and dimensioned to support said biological vessel;
said sling strand, when mounted at its opposite ends to said suspension strand, being movable along said suspension strand such as to permit the sling strand, and the biological vessel when supported thereon, to be precisely positioned within said body cavity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of supporting a biological vessel within a body cavity, comprising:
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mounting a mounting element in suspension from tissue within the body cavity by anchoring the opposite ends of said mounting element to said tissue;
suspending a sling from said mounting element;
supporting the biological vessel on said sling;
and sliding said sling, and the biological vessel supported thereon, along said mounting element to precisely position said biological vessel within said body cavity. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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