DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SECURING MEDICAL DEVICES WITHIN ANATOMY

• Main Authors: MICHAEL L O'HARA, CLIFFORD P WARNER, ESKAROS SHERIF A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 17.08.2017
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plurality of securing devices, for example, securing devices comprising sutures, everting anchors, and inverting anchors.SOLUTION: The sutures and anchors disclosed herein may be capable of deployment to a prescribed depth within a body lumen, such that body tissue external to the body lumen is not damaged by the securing devices. Moreover, in various embodiments, the securing devices described herein may couple one or more medical devices (e.g., stents, grafts, and/or stent-grafts) to body tissue such as a body lumen.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A 【課題】本開示は、複数の固定具に関する。例えば、本開示は、縫合糸、外反アンカー及び内反アンカーを備える固定具に関する。【解決手段】本出願において開示する縫合糸及びアンカーは、体腔外部の体組織が固定具によって損傷されないように、体腔内において所定の深さまで展開できる。更に、様々な実施形態において、本出願において説明する固定具は、１つ又はそれ以上の医療器具（例えば、ステント、グラフト及び／又はステントグラフト）を体腔など体組織に結合できる。【選択図】図１Ａ