Suture with an intermediate barbed body

• US 8,690,914 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson), Ethicon, LLC (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Ethicon Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Leung, Jeffrey C., Ruff, Gregory, Kaplan, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Julian W
• Application Number:
  US12/849,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20100298879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• Field of Search: 606/228, 606/139, 606/144, 606/148, 606/232, 606/300, 606/329, 606/331
• 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 17/06166 Sutures suture materials A61L17/00; manufacture of artificial threads D01D; treatment of threads D06M
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/064 Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1146 of tendons
• 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 2017/0462 One way system, i.e. also tensioning the suture
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/06057 Double-armed sutures, i.e. sutures having a needle attached to each end
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/06176 with protrusions, e.g. barbs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 606/908 Bioabsorbable material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 606/91 Polymer

Abstract

A suture system has a suture with a first plurality of barbs located adjacent to a first end and a second plurality of barbs located adjacent to a second end, and a body located between the first plurality of barbs and the second plurality of barbs. The body provides an anchor that can hold tissue relative to the first end and the second end of the suture. The body can slide and be positioned on said suture.

Claims

1. A suture system adapted to be positioned in tissue comprising:

a suture having a length, and a first portion and a second portion of the length;

the suture comprising a material that is flexible and substantially nonresilient, a plurality of cuts being present in the material, the plurality of cuts providing for a plurality of barbs disposed along the length of the suture;

a body located on said suture between the first portion and the second portion;

said body having one or more of any of a ridge, a barb, and a serration; and

said body adapted for engaging tissue.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body is slidably located on said suture.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body has an opening and said suture can slide through said opening.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body has a first opening and a second opening and said suture can slid through both said first opening and said second opening.

5. The system of claim 1 including:

said suture and a plurality of sutures provided through an opening of said body.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body is cylindrical.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body is a three-dimensional body.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body includes a bio-absorbable material.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said suture includes a first plurality of barbs provided on said first portion and a second plurality of barbs provided on said second portion.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein:

the body has a circular cross section.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body includes an opening and said suture and a plurality of sutures are provided through said opening, wherein said suture and said plurality of sutures can move relative to said opening.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body is cone shaped.

13. The system of claim 1 including:

said suture and a plurality of sutures are provided through an opening of said body, wherein each suture of said plurality of sutures has a first portion and a second portion and a first plurality of barbs located on said first portion and a second plurality of barbs located on said second portion and wherein said body is located between the first plurality of barbs and the second plurality of barbs for each suture of said plurality of sutures.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body is wider than said suture.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body includes an outer surface that can engage and hold tissue.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body has an outer surface that can hold tissue.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body includes a first material and said suture includes a second material; and

said first material is different than said second material.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein:

said body has an opening and said suture is provided through said opening, and said body is located around said suture.

19. A suture system adapted to be positioned in tissue comprising:

a suture with a first portion and a second portion;

the suture comprising a material that is flexible and substantially nonresilient, a plurality of cuts being present in the material to provide for barbs;

a body located on said suture between the first portion and the second portion;

wherein said body is provided with an opening and said suture is provided through said opening such that said body can slide on said suture;

said body having one or more of any of a ridge, a barb, and a serration; and

said body adapted for engaging tissue.

20. A suture system adapted to be positioned in tissue comprising:

a suture having a first portion and a second portion;

the suture comprising a material that is flexible and substantially nonresilient, a plurality of cuts being present in the material to provide for barbs;

a body located between the first portion and the second portion;

a first plurality of barbs located on said suture between the body and the first portion; and

a second plurality of barbs located on said suture between the body and the second end.