US 11,812,939 B2
Device and system for repairing intervertebral disc herniation and methods of use
Lawrence J. Bonassar, Ithaca, NY (US); Roger Hartl, New York, NY (US); Monika McCarter, Monroe, CT (US); Anny Cunha-Gavidia, Lancaster, MA (US); Michael Messina, Washingtonville, NY (US); Gayathri Shibu, Ithaca, NY (US); and Si Chen, Ithaca, NY (US)
Assigned to CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY (US)
Appl. No. 16/614,072
Filed by CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, NY (US)
PCT Filed May 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/032769
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/213310, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/506,111, filed on May 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153854 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00491 (2013.01) [A61B 17/7061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8833 (2013.01); A61B 2017/005 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a housing comprising:
a palm portion and a sheath portion extending from one end of the palm portion;
a slot comprising an adjustable platform capable of receiving a syringe and a needle connected to the syringe, wherein the adjustable platform is configured such that when the syringe is positioned on the adjustable platform, the needle rests in the sheath portion; and
a bidirectional trigger mechanism positioned proximate the palm portion toward the sheath portion and connected to the adjustable platform, wherein adjustment of the bidirectional trigger mechanism in a first direction moves the adjustable platform and the syringe along the slot toward the sheath portion and, when moved sufficiently in the first direction, extends the needle beyond the sheath portion to expose the needle beyond the sheath portion and adjustment of the bidirectional trigger mechanism in a second direction moves the adjustable platform and the syringe along the slot away from the sheath portion and, when moved sufficiently in the second direction, retracts the needle from being exposed beyond the sheath portion;
a light element connected to the housing and capable of directing light along the sheath portion away from the palm portion; and
a power source electrically coupled to the light element to provide electrical power to the light element.