Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
606138000 | Means for removing suture, clip, staple or ligature | 36 |
20080228198 | SUTURE CUTTER AND METHOD OF CUTTING SUTURE - Suture cutters and methods of cutting suture in a surgical procedure. The suture cutter may include an actuator, an intermediate cannula portion and a movable cutting assembly. The cutting assembly may be operatively coupled to the actuator and include a cutting element. An adjustably sized cutting window receives the suture. The adjustably sized cutting window may be bound on at least one side with the cutting element for cutting the suture received inside the cutting window. Actuation moves the cutting assembly to cut the suture. | 09-18-2008 |
20080269781 | Surgical Fastener, Surgical Fastener Kit and Removing Tool - The present invention provides an organ fixture having a rod shaped anchoring portion formed by bundling a suturing thread, and a fixing portion made of a suturing thread continuous with the suturing thread of the anchoring portion. By pulling the fixing portion with respect to the anchoring portion with a force larger than a prescribed level, the suturing thread forming the anchoring portion can be loosened. Additionally, the invention provides a type of organ fixture set which pierces and is inserted into the body of the patient while a portion of an anchoring portion and a fixing portion of the organ fixture is accommodated in it, and it can be pulled from the body of the patient while the anchoring portion is left within the stomach wall. Further, the organ fixture set has a unit for removing the organ fixture from the body of the patient. | 10-30-2008 |
20090149868 | SUTURE REMOVAL DEVICE - A hand-held suture removal device exhibiting a generally elongated body. First and second biasing portions extend from one end of the body and establish a gap therebetween. A blade extends from the body, typically from one of the biasing portions and in proximity to the gap defined between the biasing portions. The blade is manipulated to section a suture projecting from first and second locations of a patient's skin. A trailing edge of the suture is gripped between opposing and abutting surfaces established by the biasing portions and, upon deflecting of the device in a direction away from the patient, forcibly withdraws each of a plurality of sutures in rapid and successive fashion. | 06-11-2009 |
20090204125 | SUTURE AND LIGATURE DEVICE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - A ligature device for medical treatment has an operating device that has a ligature tool for medical treatment fitted onto a distal end portion thereof. The operating device is provided with a cutting member that is able to move freely backwards and forwards and is used to cut a ligature wire of the ligature tool for medical treatment. A distal end side of the cutting member has an inclined end portion that is inclined relative to the direction of forward and backward movement, and a blade portion is provided in this inclined end portion. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204126 | Cutting Instrument - A cutting instrument ( | 08-13-2009 |
20090264900 | Extracting Device for Surgical Fasteners - The application provides a device ( | 10-22-2009 |
20100069922 | Suture Cutter with Replaceable Blade - An apparatus ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100137883 | Suture retriever-sheath dilator tool and method for use thereof - A tool serves to facilitate one or more of dilation of a flexor tendon sheath and corresponding pulleys, attachment of a severed flexor tendon thereto, passage of the severed flexor tendon through the flexor tendon sheath and the corresponding pulleys, and reattachment of the severed flexor tendon. The tool includes a tip portion, a shaft portion, and a handle portion. During use of the tool, the tip portion and at least a part of the shaft portion can be passed through the flexor tendon sheath, and the handle portion is can be used to control such passage. The tip portion and the shaft portion can be used to dilate the flexor tendon sheath. The severed flexor tendon can be attached to the tip portion, and the tool can be withdrawn from flexor tendon sheath to pass the severed flexor tendon to a repair site. | 06-03-2010 |
20100198234 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR SUTURING THE SKELETAL MUSCLE SYSTEM AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUE USING SAME - Surgical suture instrument for the muscular-skeletal system and the surgical technique used by same. A surgical suture system includes an instrument providing for the suture of muscular-skeletal system tissues by the use of blades which go from a withdrawn position to a position for the incision of the tissue to be sutured. The blades carry the suture, which is attached to the tissue by the incision of the blades, in response to a drive force aimed longitudinally from back to front, towards the surgical field. The instrument and the surgical technique allow for single or continuous stitching of suture on all tissue types. Its use in bone suture is particularly surprising, making it possible to join bones, implants, grafts, chondrocyte membranes, flaps, tendons, cartilage, etc. The surgical technique for which the surgical suture instrument is used can be applied in open surgery and in arthroscopy. | 08-05-2010 |
20100228268 | SURGICAL STAPLE REMOVER - A surgical staple remover includes a staple supporter which is inserted below side portions of a crown of a surgical staple, which is joined to a skin, to support the surgical staple, a pressing slider which presses the crown of the surgical staple, which is supported by the staple supporter, to deform the surgical staple and to remove the surgical staple out from the skin and moves the surgical staple into a storage portion along a staple receiver which is continuously formed from the staple supporter. The number of the surgical staples inside the storage portion can be reliably and easily counted. | 09-09-2010 |
20110106104 | SNARED SUTURE TRIMMER - A suture trimmer having a shaft, a cutting member, an actuating device, and a snare. The shaft has a first end and a second end and bounds a bore extending from the first end toward the second end. The shaft has an opening formed in a side adjacent the first end. The cutting member is slidably disposed within the bore of the shaft and can be moved between a first position and a second position, such that when disposed in the second position the cutting member closes the opening formed in the side of the shaft. The actuating device is in communication with the cutting member and is operable to move the cutting member from the first position to the second position. The snare extends through the opening and out of the bore at the first end of the shaft. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106105 | Chip-Removing Tool - A cutting insert has the geometry of a tetrahedron with triangle base areas wherein each triangle base area has a tetrahedral frustum as a clamping body for fixing the cutting insert in a tool seat of a carrier tool. Additionally, a tool seat for the cutting insert includes clamping jaws to secure the cutting insert. | 05-05-2011 |
20110224694 | SURGICAL STAPLE REMOVER - A surgical staple remover apparatus is disclosed. The surgical staple remover apparatus comprises a first elongated element having a handle on one end and a downward facing protrusion on the other end and a second elongated element having a handle on one end and an upwards sloped planar element on the other end, wherein the first and second elongated elements are pivotally connected. The apparatus further includes a cutout located at a midpoint of a tip of the upwards sloped planar element and a housing running a length of the second elongated element, beginning at the upwards sloped planar element and including an opening facing the planar element, such that surgical staples removed with the apparatus are drawn into the housing. The apparatus further includes a spring loaded element within the housing, wherein the spring loaded element grabs removed surgical staples and draws them into the housing. | 09-15-2011 |
20110313430 | DISPOSABLE SUTURE CUTTER - A suture cutting device is provided, the device suitable for cutting high strength suture materials used in arthroscopic surgeries. The device includes a distal blade portion movable within a distal suture guide, the distal suture guide including a lateral suture guide slot. The distal blade portion includes a dorsal recess that, in combination with an upper wall of an enclosed blade guide slot, controls an amount of dorsal movement of a cutting edge during a longitudinal movement of the cutting edge. The combined dorsal movement and longitudinal movement of the cutting edge creating a sliding/slicing movement of the cutting edge against a suture in the suture guide slot. At least a proximal blade portion and an extension blade portion are made of a single blade, those portions defining a spring, contacting a trigger, and effectuating a movement from a first position to a second position. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319914 | SURGICAL STAPLE REMOVER - A surgical staple remover includes a first elongated element having a handle on one end and an upward sloped jaw element on the other end, wherein the jaw element comprises a pair of parallel jaws; a housing running a length of the first elongated element; an interior element within the housing comprising a planar element having a hook element; a second elongated element pivotally connected to the first elongated element and the interior element, such that moving the second elongated element results in moving the hook element and the jaw element while retracting the interior element, resulting in the hook element deforming the surgical staple so as to remove it and moving the surgical staple towards the housing; and a strip element located on top of the jaw element, such that when the hook element moves the removed surgical staple, the removed surgical staple is moved under the strip element. | 12-29-2011 |
20120016382 | NEEDLE HOLDER AND SUTURE CUTTER SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - A surgical instrument having the dual functions of gripping a suture needle and cutting a suture. The instrument performs one function when the handles are pivoted together and the other function when the handles are pivoted apart. The instrument also provides for a precise suture tail length when the suture is cut. | 01-19-2012 |
20120029531 | SUTURE CUT-OFF STRUCTURE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS STITCHING OPERATION - A suture cut-off structure for subcutaneous stitching operation includes a forceps and a cutter blade arranged at one end of the forceps. The cutter blade has an end forming two rims, which correspond to each other and have the same length. Each rim has a contour forming a curve section. The rims define therebetween a cutting trough in which a cutting edge is formed. The suture is receivable into the cutting trough to allow the suture to be cut off through a forward movement of the cutting edge. With the rims being positionable on and depressing down patient's skin, cutting of the suture and at the same time depressing down the patient's skin can be simultaneously done with a single hand The cutting edge is located inside the cutting trough of the rims and is thus isolated so that undesirably hurting the patient's skin can be avoided. | 02-02-2012 |
20120165836 | SAFETY SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A sheath for use with a scalpel cutting device including a sheath body configured to cover a scalpel blade at a distal end of a scalpel cutting device. The sheath advantageously includes a slot formed therein that extends from a first end at an edge of the sheath body to a second end adjacent the scalpel blade so that the slot intersects the blade and the blade is exposed only within the second end of the slot. The slot is configured such that an angle between a guiding side wall of the slot and the scalpel blade at the point of intersection is greater than 105° and less than 180°. In another embodiment, the ratio of the length of the shortest side wall to slot width is at least 2. | 06-28-2012 |
20120245597 | VASCULAR CLOSURE DEVICE WITH COMPACTION TUBE SUTURE CUTTING PORT AND METHODS - A tissue puncture closure device includes an anchor, a sealing plug, a compaction member, a suture, and a suture cutting member. The compaction member is configured to compress the sealing plug toward the anchor. The suture is coupled to the sealing plug and anchor, and a portion of the suture extends through at least a portion of the compaction member. The suture cutting member extends through an aperture in a sidewall of the compaction member and is operable to cut the suture at a location within the compaction member. | 09-27-2012 |
20120259346 | THERMAL SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE - The disclosure pertains to a device for cutting a suture in a fluid environment which isolates a portion of the suture to be cut within a substantially sealed environment and cuts the suture thermally by using an electrically heated element within the chamber. In another embodiment, the disclosure relates to a vascular sealing system including the suture cutting device and a method of use thereof. | 10-11-2012 |
20130012960 | SURGICAL SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE - The surgical suture cutting device contains a body having two bulging sections extended from a front end of the body, forming a notch in between. A knife is wrapped inside the body whose blade is exposed in the notch. With the blade and the bulging sections, the surgical suture cutting device can be operated with a single hand to perform both tissue pressing and suture cutting. In addition, since the blade is protected in the notch, the patient will not be mistakenly wounded. The bulging sections also provide comfortable tissue pressing. Therefore, the surgical suture cutting device greatly enhances the efficiency of the subcutaneous stitching-up operation. A simple knife wrapped in the body also allows simple and inexpensive production. | 01-10-2013 |
20130253535 | TISSUE FASTENING SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - A surgical fastening device includes a handle assembly having a stationary handle and a movable handle and an elongated member extending distally from the handle portion. The elongated member includes a distal end portion. The device also includes a pair of firing rods operably coupled with the movable handle and movable between a proximal position and a distal position. A tool assembly has a plurality of helical fasteners supported therein and includes a pair of opposing jaw members. At least one of the jaw members is movable in relation to the other jaw member between spaced and approximated positions. The jaw members are configured to form a pair of radial channels when the jaw members are in the approximated position. The firing rods are configured to advance helical fasteners through at least one radial channel and into tissue upon movement from the proximal position to the distal position. | 09-26-2013 |
20130282025 | SAFETY SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A sheath for use with a scalpel cutting device including a sheath body configured to cover a scalpel blade at a distal end of a scalpel cutting device. The sheath advantageously includes a slot formed therein that extends from a first end at an edge of the sheath body to a second end adjacent the scalpel blade so that the slot intersects the blade and the blade is exposed only within the second end of the slot. The slot is configured such that an angle between a guiding side wall of the slot and the scalpel blade at the point of intersection is greater than 105° and less than 180°. In another embodiment, the ratio of the length of the shortest side wall to slot width is at least 2. | 10-24-2013 |
20130296887 | SNARED SUTURE TRIMMER - A suture trimmer having a shaft, a cutting member, an actuating device, and a snare. The shaft has a first end and a second end and bounds a bore extending from the first end toward the second end. The shaft has an opening formed in a side adjacent the first end. The cutting member is slidably disposed within the bore of the shaft and can be moved between a first position and a second position, such that when disposed in the second position the cutting member closes the opening formed in the side of the shaft. The actuating device is in communication with the cutting member and is operable to move the cutting member from the first position to the second position. The snare extends through the opening and out of the bore at the first end of the shaft. | 11-07-2013 |
20140005689 | SUTURE CUTTER | 01-02-2014 |
20140081293 | ENDOLUMENAL RESTRICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for non-surgically creating a restriction in a tissue is provided where a binding mechanism is inserted into the tissue. This invention also relates to a method and apparatus for creating a stoma of a variable and reproducible size in a hollow organ. | 03-20-2014 |
20140135799 | IMPLANT RETRIEVAL DEVICE - Devices and methods are disclosed for retrieving an implant or tissue anchor during the course of a percutaneous medical procedure. An implant is provided having a retrieval tether attached to it. The retrieval tether is attached to the implant on one end, and the proximal end of the tether can be threaded through an implant retrieval device. The retrieval device comprises an inner elongate body that is used to capture and secure the retrieval tether. The retrieval device also comprises an outer elongate body that may be configured to be advanced over the retrieval tether from a location remote from the implant (e.g., outside a patient's body) to contact and retrieve the implant after it has been deployed and/or implanted within a patient's body. | 05-15-2014 |
20140222028 | SURGICAL FASTENER HAVING A SNAP LOCK AND DEVICES DEPLOYING IT - A surgical fastener having a top element including a crown, with prongs extending from the crown. A baseplate having two or more slots that are dimensioned to receive a tip of a prong in the undeployed configuration of the fastener. Two or more cantilevered catches extend from the crown, each cantilevered beam terminating in a head. The baseplate is provided with a bore and in the deployed configuration, the catches of the top element pass through the bore and latch the top element onto the baseplate. | 08-07-2014 |
20140243853 | SUTURE CUTTING AND REMOVAL TOOL - An improved, versatile suture cutting and removal tool comprises an elongated, hand-held body terminating in a distal end section including an upwardly oriented suture-cutting blade. Right and left tweezers on opposing side of the blade grasp and remove suture material once cut by the blade. In the preferred embodiment, the right and left tweezers are independently controlled by respective right and left depressible buttons. In particular, the right and left tweezers may include inclined ramp surfaces, with the right and left tweezers being independently controlled by respective right and left depressible buttons having respective inclined ramp surfaces that engage with the ramp surfaces of the tweezers. The blade is preferably supported on a central member having opposing right and left side edges, with the right and left tweezers each including an edge that bears against one of the edges of the central member to grasp and remove suture material. | 08-28-2014 |
20140257337 | Apparatus and Methods Facilitating the Repositioning of Implanted Medical Devices - Dislodging an anchor sleeve from an implanted device may be accomplished with a tool that includes a support portion and a sleeve dislodging element, wherein a collar of the support portion engages a distal end of the anchor sleeve while the dislodging element, positioned at a proximal end of the sleeve, is moved toward the collar to dislodge the anchor sleeve. The tool preferably includes a handle member held in sliding engagement with a base member, for example, by a snap-fit, wherein the support portion is part of the handle member, and a distal segment of the base member is terminated by the dislodging element. A tool kit may include a plurality of base members, each one including a different type of dislodging element, from which an operator may select for snap-fitting to a handle member of the kit. | 09-11-2014 |
20140276962 | EXTRACTING DEVICE FOR SURGICAL FASTENERS - Provided is a device for extracting from a body tissue surgical fasteners having a crown, a baseplate and prongs extending from the crown to the baseplate. The device includes a shaft having a lumen with a cross-sectional shape and dimensions to allow the crown to enter the lumen while preventing the baseplate from entering the lumen. Also provided is a method for extracting from a body tissue a fastener having a crown, a baseplate and prongs extending from the crown to the baseplate. According to the method of the invention, the crown of a fastener is introduced into the hollow portion of the device of the invention while preventing the advancement of the baseplate by the distal part of the hollow shaft. | 09-18-2014 |
20150088163 | ARTHROSCOPIC KNOT PUSHER AND SUTURE CUTTER - Knot pushers and suture cutter apparatuses to be used arthroscopically, for example, in an arthroscopic knee surgery may be operated with a single control to both lock the suture within the distal end of the apparatus and cut the suture once the knot has been pushed to the appropriate location. The apparatus may include a safety lock preventing deployment of the cutter until the safety lock (e.g., cutter release) has been released. | 03-26-2015 |
20150105803 | SUTURE REMOVAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD - The present device is a suture removal instrument having a disposable guarded blade. The disposable guarded blade comprises of a guard component and a blade component. The present suture removal instrument provides a quick, efficient, and atraumatic removal of the suture. It also decreases discomfort associated with suture removal by severing the suture loop without any need to insert an instrument or part of an instrument into the loop of the tied suture. | 04-16-2015 |
20150313588 | ENDOSCOPIC SUTURE CUTTER - A rotatable jaw device for use with an endoscope. The device includes a fork, and two jaws pivotally mounted to the fork. The jaws are movable between a predetermined closed position and a predetermined open position. At least one jaw has at least one protrusion on a surface of the jaw. The at least one protrusion prohibits movement of the two jaws in the opening direction beyond the predetermined open position. | 11-05-2015 |
20150366557 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING SUTURE FROM A DISTANCE - The present disclosure provides a cutting assembly for cutting an object, such as a suture, within the body of a patient. The cutting assembly comprises a housing, a proximal cutting element, a distal cutting element, and an actuating member. Both the proximal and distal cutting elements have a cutting surface or blade. The blades face each other within the housing and actuate towards each other to cut the suture. The housing further comprises a plurality of slots that house the blades and maintain them in the orientation desired for cutting. The housing further comprises openings to guide the suture through the cutting assembly. The cutting assembly provides sufficient flexibility to be oriented at the suture location, but maintains its rigidity to effectuate a sufficient, clean cut. | 12-24-2015 |
20160199056 | Suture Cutter | 07-14-2016 |