Looped tissue-grasping device

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A - Human Necessities

61

B

A61B 17/04 (2006.01) A61B 17/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2687065

A looped tissue-grasping device includes a looped suture having two ends swaged to a needle and a plurality of tissue-grasping elements provided on the looped suture. The device is used for joining bodily tissue in surgical applications and wound repair. The configuration of the tissue-grasping elements permit movement of the suture through the tissue in the direction the needle is pulled and, prevent slippage or movement of the suture in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the needle.

L'invention concerne un dispositif de saisie de tissu en boucle. Le dispositif comporte une suture en boucle munie de deux extrémités pressées sur une aiguille et d'une pluralité d'éléments de saisie de tissu disposés sur la suture en boucle. Le dispositif est utilisé pour joindre un tissu corporel dans des applications chirurgicales et la réparation de lésions. La configuration des éléments de saisie de tissu permet le mouvement de la suture à travers le tissu dans la direction où l'aiguille est tirée et empêche le glissement ou le mouvement de la suture dans une direction opposée à la direction du mouvement de l'aiguille.

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