WO2007137228A3 - Medical staple, system and methods of use - Google Patents

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WO2007137228A3
WO2007137228A3 PCT/US2007/069376 US2007069376W WO2007137228A3 WO 2007137228 A3 WO2007137228 A3 WO 2007137228A3 US 2007069376 W US2007069376 W US 2007069376W WO 2007137228 A3 WO2007137228 A3 WO 2007137228A3
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices ; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/0003—Apparatus for the treatment of obesity; Anti-eating devices
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    • A61F5/0076—Implantable devices or invasive measures preventing normal digestion, e.g. Bariatric or gastric sleeves
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices ; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/0003—Apparatus for the treatment of obesity; Anti-eating devices
    • A61F5/0013—Implantable devices or invasive measures
    • A61F5/0083—Reducing the size of the stomach, e.g. gastroplasty
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    • A61B2017/00743—Type of operation; Specification of treatment sites
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    • A61B2017/00827—Treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux
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    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0401—Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors
    • A61B2017/0414—Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors having a suture-receiving opening, e.g. lateral opening
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    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B17/22—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
    • A61B2017/22051—Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations; for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for with an inflatable part, e.g. balloon, for positioning, blocking, or immobilisation
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    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/03—Automatic limiting or abutting means, e.g. for safety
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Abstract

A medical staple formed from a nitinol wire, the staple having two elongated arms which extend upwardly and outwardly from a central loop in two opposing generally semicircular courses forming an arc extending upwardly and outwardly and an end second comprising a sharpened endpoint, the endpoint being the arms bendable under resistance, is disclosed. In some embodiments the arms extend upwardly on a parallel course and then outwardly. The material is preferably an alloy with hyperelastic characteristics. The staples are placed in a flexible endoscope and a lumen catheter within the endoscope, using a hook or forceps in the lumen catheter having a distal end in the lumen of the catheter and the staple distal to the forceps in folded configuration with the arms folded inward in the lumen catheter, positioning the distal end of the lumen catheter at a location in the patient's gastrointestinal tract where stapling is desired, moving the forceps distally so as to force the staple forward out of the lumen catheter and cause the end points to pierce the patient' s inner wall of the gastrointestinal tract.
PCT/US2007/069376 2006-05-19 2007-05-21 Medical staple, system and methods of use Ceased WO2007137228A2 (en)

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