US 11,812,949 B2
Filamentous tissue implant
Paul V. Fenton, Marblehead, MA (US); J. Christopher Flaherty, Auburndale, FL (US); and Anshuman Shrivastava, Japalpur (IN)
Assigned to Tissue Solutions, LLC, Marblehead, MA (US)
Filed by Tissue Solutions, LLC, Marblehead, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/099,404.
Application 17/099,404 is a continuation of application No. 15/850,105, filed on Dec. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,835,239.
Application 15/850,105 is a continuation of application No. 14/591,147, filed on Jan. 7, 2015, granted, now 9,872,680, issued on Jan. 23, 2018.
Application 14/591,147 is a continuation of application No. 13/383,956, granted, now 8,956,372, issued on Feb. 17, 2015, previously published as PCT/US2010/036190, filed on May 26, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/180,935, filed on May 26, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204938 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06166 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/06061 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0475 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0619 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A tissue fixation system comprising:
an elongated fastener comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end comprises a loop;
an elongated curved needle comprising a channel, a proximal end, and a distal end, wherein the distal end is configured to penetrate tissue, wherein the channel is configured to receive the elongated fastener; and
a capture needle configured to slide through the proximal loop in the proximal end of the elongated fastener, wherein the capture needle is configured to pull the distal end of the elongated fastener through the loop to cinch the elongated fastener.