Patent
Instrument and methods for surgically closing percutaneous punctures
| العنوان: | Instrument and methods for surgically closing percutaneous punctures |
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| Patent Number: | 10485,524 |
| تاريخ النشر: | November 26, 2019 |
| Appl. No: | 13/605720 |
| Application Filed: | September 06, 2012 |
| مستخلص: | A closure device for sealing a percutaneous puncture in a wall of a body passageway, the closure device including at least one of a toggle configured to engage an interior surface of the body passageway or a plug configured to engage an exterior surface of the body passageway and a guide wire configured to extend from an outside of the body to inside the body passageway, wherein at least one of the toggle and the plug is associated with the guide wire. |
| Inventors: | Walters, Greg (Exton, PA, US); Roubin, Gary (New York, NY, US); Nispel, Michael (Malvern, PA, US); Dotsey, Mike (Chester Springs, PA, US); Arora, Piyush (Philadelphia, PA, US) |
| Assignees: | Essential Medical, Inc. (Exton, PA, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A deployment instrument configured to be inserted along a guidewire to seal a percutaneous puncture in a wall of an artery, the deployment instrument comprising: a guidewire; an inserter sheath elongated along a longitudinal axis, the inserter sheath defining a proximal end, a distal end spaced from the proximal end in a distal direction that is aligned with longitudinal axis, and a inserter sheath lumen that extends from the proximal end of the inserter sheath to the distal end of the inserter sheath, the inserter sheath defining an inner diameter of the inserter sheath lumen that is at least 3.0 mm, wherein the inner diameter is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and an assembly that is insertable into the inserter sheath lumen of the inserter sheath in the distal direction, the assembly being elongate along the longitudinal axis, the assembly including: a) a closure device configured to slide along the guide wire as the assembly is inserted into the lumen, the closure device comprising a toggle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; b) a suture coupled to the toggle and to the assembly such that the suture extends through the assembly along the longitudinal axis; c) a delivery component having a proximal end, a distal end spaced from the proximal end along the longitudinal axis, and a first lumen that extends from the distal end to the proximal end; and d) a release component that extends along the delivery component, the release component having a rear end, a front end spaced from the rear end along the longitudinal axis, and a second lumen that extends from the front end to the rear end, and the delivery component is disposed in the second lumen of the release component, wherein the distal end of the delivery component and the front end of release component hold the toggle in a pre-deployment state such that the first end of the toggle is fixed between the distal end of the delivery component and the front end of the release component, and e) a tamper in the delivery component, the tamper including a body that extends along the longitudinal axis, a first channel that extends through the body, and a second channel that extends through the body, wherein the suture extends through the first channel and the first channel is configured to receive the guidewire as the assembly is inserted into the inserter sheath; whereby the assembly is sized and configured to be seated in the inserter sheath lumen and coupled to the inserter sheath such that the second end of the toggle protrudes from the distal end of the inserter sheath in the pre-deployment state. |
| Claim: | 2. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the toggle includes a cavity configured to receive therethrough the guidewire. |
| Claim: | 3. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the closure device includes a plug having a first aperture that receives the suture therethrough, and at least a second aperture. |
| Claim: | 4. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the release component is configured to hold at least a portion of the toggle up to and until the toggle is released into the artery. |
| Claim: | 5. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the release component is configured to hold the toggle in its entirety. |
| Claim: | 6. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the delivery component is inside the release component such that the toggle is held in the pre-deployment state between the release component and the delivery component, wherein movement of the release component relative to the delivery component releases the toggle from between the delivery component and the release component. |
| Claim: | 7. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the release component and the delivery component have a cylindrical shape and are substantially symmetric around the same longitudinal axis. |
| Claim: | 8. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator that is configured to translate the release component with respect to the delivery component in a proximal direction toward the proximal end of the inserter sheath to release the first end of the toggle from between the distal end of the delivery component and the front end of the release component. |
| Claim: | 9. The deployment instrument of claim 8 , wherein the closure device includes a plug having a first aperture and at least a second aperture, wherein the suture extends through the first aperture. |
| Claim: | 10. The deployment instrument of claim 9 , further comprising a locking member disposed along the suture in the proximal direction with respect to the plug, wherein the proximal direction is opposite the distal direction, wherein the tamper is configured to slide along the suture in the distal direction so as to urge the locking member toward the plug. |
| Claim: | 11. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the closure device includes a plug connected to the toggle with the suture, wherein the plug is contained within the a distal end of the delivery component, wherein when the assembly is fully seated in the lumen the inserter sheath, an entirety of the toggle and the distal end of the delivery component that contains the plug protrudes out of the distal end of the inserter sheath the distal direction. |
| Claim: | 12. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator configured to move at least one of the delivery component and the release component with respect to each the other in the inserter sheath to transition the toggle from the pre-deployment state into a deployed state where the release component does not hold the at least a portion of the toggle. |
| Claim: | 13. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the inserter sheath defines a first length that extends from the proximal end to the distal end, and wherein the assembly defines a second length that extends from the rearward end to the forward end and that is greater than the first length. |
| Claim: | 14. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein when the assembly is seated in the lumen of the inserter sheath, the distal end of the delivery component and the front end of the release component protrude from the distal end of the inserter sheath in the pre-deployment state. |
| Claim: | 15. The deployment instrument of claim 1 , wherein the toggle has a length between 10 mm and 27 mm and a width that perpendicular to the length that is between 3 mm and 10 mm. |
| Claim: | 16. A deployment instrument configured to seal a percutaneous puncture in a wall of an artery, the deployment instrument comprising: an inserter sheath defining a proximal end, a distal end spaced from the proximal end of in a distal direction, a lumen that extends from the proximal end to the distal end, and a first length that extends from the proximal end to the distal end, wherein the distal end is configured to be inserted through the puncture; a closure device that includes a toggle and a plug connected to the toggle; and an actuatable assembly that is elongate along a longitudinal direction, the actuatable assembly including a rearward end and a forward end spaced from the rearward end along the longitudinal direction, and a second length that extends from the rearward end to the forward end, the actuatable assembly further including a) a first lumened component including a first lumen that contains the plug, and b) a second lumened component that includes a second lumen with the second lumen including the first lumened component and at least a portion of the toggle, and at least one of the first lumened component and the second lumened component is movable with respect to each other; c) an actuator configured to transition the actuatable assembly from a first state, where the toggle is fixed between the first lumened component and the second lumened component at the forward end of the actuatable assembly, into a second state, where the toggle is moveable with respect to the actuatable assembly, wherein the second length of the actuatable assembly is greater than the first length of the inserter sheath when the actuatable assembly is fully seated in the inserter sheath, and wherein the forward end extends out of the distal end of the inserter sheath such that the toggle is located completely outside of the inserter sheath while in the first state. |
| Claim: | 17. The instrument of claim 16 , wherein the actuatable assembly is configured to, upon actuation from the first state to a second state, permit the toggle to move while connected to the plug and while the toggle disposed at a location out of the distal end of the inserter sheath is in the artery. |
| Claim: | 18. The instrument of claim 16 , wherein the forward end of the actuatable assembly is configured to extend into the artery such that at least a portion of the plug is located in the artery; and the actuatable assembly is configured to, upon actuation from the first state to the second state, permit the toggle to move relative to the plug while connected to the plug and while the toggle and at least a portion of the plug is in the artery. |
| Claim: | 19. The instrument of claim 16 , wherein movement of the second lumened component relative to the first lumened component and/or visa-versa, upon actuation from the first state to the second state, ejects an entirety of the toggle from the second lumen component. |
| Claim: | 20. The instrument of claim 19 , further comprising an actuator that is a knob configured to turn relative to at least one of the first lumened component or the second lumened component to actuate the actuatable assembly. |
| Claim: | 21. The instrument of claim 16 , wherein the first lumened component is a delivery tube and the second lumened component is a release tube. |
| Claim: | 22. The deployment instrument of claim 16 , wherein the closure device includes a suture coupled to the toggle and to the plug, wherein the plug defines at least a first aperture and at least a second aperture, wherein the suture extends through the first aperture, and the second aperture is sized to receive the guidewire therethrough as the actuatable assembly is inserted into the lumen of the inserter sheath. |
| Claim: | 23. The deployment instrument of claim 22 , further comprising a tamper that is slidable along the suture, the tamper including a first lumen and a second lumen, wherein the suture extends through the first lumen so that the tamper is slidable along the suture, and the second lumen is configured to receive the guidewire as the assembly is inserted into the lumen of the inserter sheath. |
| Claim: | 24. The deployment instrument of claim 23 , further comprising a locking member disposed along the suture in a proximal direction with respect to the plug, wherein the proximal is opposite the distal direction, wherein the tamper configured to slide along the suture and the received guidewire in the distal direction so as to urge the locking member toward the plug. |
| Claim: | 25. The deployment instrument of claim 24 , wherein the actuator that is a lever coupled to the second lumened component, wherein rotation of the lever translates the second lumened component with respect to the first lumened component in a proximal direction toward the proximal end of the inserter sheath to release the toggle. |
| Claim: | 26. The deployment instrument of claim 16 , wherein a distal end of the first lumened component and a front end of the second lumened component define the forward end of actuatable assembly. |
| Claim: | 27. The deployment instrument of claim 16 , wherein the toggle has a length between 10 mm and 27 mm and a width that perpendicular to the length that is between 3 mm and 10 mm. |
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| Other References: | International Search Report and Written Opinion for International Application No. PCT/US2012/061855 dated Jan. 22, 2013 (21 pages). cited by applicant |
| Assistant Examiner: | Highland, Rachel S |
| Primary Examiner: | Aleman, Sarah W |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Offit Kurman, P.C. Grissett, Gregory A. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.10485524 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
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