Multiple anchor delivery tool
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- an implantable sleeve having a wall that is shaped to define a lumen;
a plurality of tissue anchors; and
an anchor deployment tool, which comprises;
(a) a flexible tube, which has a distal tube end, and which defines;
(i) an anchor storage area in which the plurality of tissue anchors are stored before deployment thereof, and(ii) a distal anchor manipulation area, which (A) is disposed between the anchor storage area and the distal tube end, (B) has a length of at least 3 cm, and (C) is removably positionable within the lumen of the sleeve; and
(b) a rotating deployment element, which is positioned within the flexible tube, and is configured to, while the distal anchor manipulation area is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve;
(i) directly engage the tissue anchors in the anchor storage area a single one at a time,(ii) advance each of the tissue anchors, while thus directly engaged, in a distal direction into the anchor manipulation area, and(iii) anchor the sleeve to tissue of a subject by deploying each of the tissue anchors through the distal tube end, through the wall of the sleeve, and into the tissue,wherein the anchor deployment tool is configured such that only the single anchor being advanced at the time by the rotating deployment element is within the distal anchor manipulation area that is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve.
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Abstract
An anchor deployment tool is provided that includes a flexible tube, which defines an anchor storage area in which tissue anchors are stored before deployment, and a distal anchor manipulation area that has a length of at least 3 cm. The tool also includes a rotating deployment element, which is positioned within the flexible tube, and is configured to, while the distal anchor manipulation area is disposed within a lumen defined by a wall of a sleeve, (i) directly engage the anchors in the anchor storage area a single one at a time, (ii) advance each of the anchors, while thus directly engaged, in a distal direction into the anchor manipulation area, and (iii) anchor the sleeve to tissue of a subject by deploying each of the tissue anchors through a distal end of the flexible tube, through the wall of the sleeve, and into the tissue.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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an implantable sleeve having a wall that is shaped to define a lumen; a plurality of tissue anchors; and an anchor deployment tool, which comprises; (a) a flexible tube, which has a distal tube end, and which defines; (i) an anchor storage area in which the plurality of tissue anchors are stored before deployment thereof, and (ii) a distal anchor manipulation area, which (A) is disposed between the anchor storage area and the distal tube end, (B) has a length of at least 3 cm, and (C) is removably positionable within the lumen of the sleeve; and (b) a rotating deployment element, which is positioned within the flexible tube, and is configured to, while the distal anchor manipulation area is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve; (i) directly engage the tissue anchors in the anchor storage area a single one at a time, (ii) advance each of the tissue anchors, while thus directly engaged, in a distal direction into the anchor manipulation area, and (iii) anchor the sleeve to tissue of a subject by deploying each of the tissue anchors through the distal tube end, through the wall of the sleeve, and into the tissue, wherein the anchor deployment tool is configured such that only the single anchor being advanced at the time by the rotating deployment element is within the distal anchor manipulation area that is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Apparatus comprising:
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an implantable sleeve having a wall that is shaped to define a lumen; a plurality of tissue anchors; and an anchor deployment tool, which comprises; (a) a flexible tube, which has a distal tube end, and which defines; (i) an anchor storage area in which the plurality of tissue anchors are stored before deployment thereof, and (ii) a distal anchor manipulation area, which (A) is disposed between the anchor storage area and the distal tube end, (B) has a length of at least 3 cm, and (C) is removably positionable within the lumen of the sleeve; and (b) a deployment element, which is positioned within the flexible tube, and is configured to, while the distal anchor manipulation area is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve; (i) directly engage the tissue anchors in the anchor storage area a single one at a time, (ii) advance each of the tissue anchors, while thus directly engaged, in a distal direction into the anchor manipulation area, and (iii) anchor the sleeve to tissue of a subject by deploying each of the tissue anchors through the distal tube end, through the wall of the sleeve, and into the tissue, wherein the anchor deployment tool is configured such that only the single anchor being advanced at the time by the deployment element is within the distal anchor manipulation area that is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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providing an anchor deployment tool, which includes (a) a flexible tube, which has a distal tube end, and which defines (i) an anchor storage area and (ii) a distal anchor manipulation area, which (A) is disposed between the anchor storage area and the distal tube end, and (B) has a length of at least 3 cm, and (b) a rotating deployment element; providing a plurality of tissue anchors, which are initially stored within the anchor storage area; and while the rotating deployment element is positioned within the flexible tube and the distal anchor manipulation area is removably disposed within a lumen defined by a wall of a sleeve, using the rotating deployment element to (i) directly engage the tissue anchors in the anchor storage area a single one at a time, (ii) advance each of the tissue anchors, while thus directly engaged, in a distal direction into the anchor manipulation area, such that only the single anchor being advanced at the time by the rotating deployment element is within the distal anchor manipulation area that is disposed within the lumen of the sleeve, and (iii) anchor the sleeve to tissue of a subject by deploying each of the tissue anchors through the distal tube end, through the wall of the sleeve, and into the tissue.
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