RECONFIGURABLE SUTURE NEEDLES BEING TRANSFORMABLE BETWEEN HIGHER PROFILE CONFIGURATIONS AND LOWER PROFILE CONFIGURATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220151608A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17588565

    申请日:2022-01-31

    申请人: Ethicon, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B17/06 A61B17/34

    摘要: A reconfigurable suture needle includes an elongated body having a curved proximal section and a curved distal section. The curved proximal section is hollow and includes an elongated conduit extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The curved distal section includes a needle point at a distal end thereof and a hollow post projecting proximally from a proximal end thereof. A suture thread passes through the elongated conduit of the curved proximal section and has a distal end that passes through the hollow post of the curved distal section for being secured to the proximal end of the curved distal section. The elongated body has a first configuration with a higher profile in which the hollow post of the curved distal section is inserted into the elongated conduit at the distal end of the curved proximal section, and a second configuration with a lower profile in which the hollow post of the curved distal section is uncoupled from the elongated conduit at the distal end of the curved proximal section.

    Suture needles having bendable regions

    公开(公告)号:US11311288B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US16282604

    申请日:2019-02-22

    申请人: Ethicon, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B17/06 A61B17/04 A61B17/00

    摘要: A suture needle having a bendable region includes an elongated body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a bendable region located between the proximal and distal sections. The bendable region has a reduced cross-section and/or is made of a superelastic material that is more flexible than the proximal and distal sections of the elongated body for enabling the suture needle to transform from a first configuration having a larger dimension to a second configuration having a smaller dimension. When in the first configuration, the suture needle is larger than an inner diameter of an elongated conduit of a trocar. In order to pass the suture needle through the elongated conduit of the trocar, the elongated body is bent at the bendable region so that the suture needle is smaller than the inner diameter of the elongated conduit of the trocar. After passing the suture needle through the trocar, the elongated body is bent back to the first, larger dimension to configure the suture needle for use for suturing tissue.

    Hemostatic Powder Delivery Devices and Methods

    公开(公告)号:US20220080132A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17484484

    申请日:2021-09-24

    申请人: Ethicon, Inc.

    摘要: The present invention is directed to a device for the expression of a hemostatic powder having an elongated reservoir with a manual air pump, such as a bellows, at a proximal end and an expression port at a distal end. A porous filter is slidably disposed within the reservoir between the bellows and plunger and the expression port, and a spring is disposed within the reservoir between the air pump and the plunger. The powder is disposed within the reservoir between the porous filter and the expression port, and the pump is in a fluid communication with the expression port through the porous filter and through the powder.

    Hemostatic Composite Aggregate Materials Having Surface Enriched with Hemostatis

    公开(公告)号:US20220023491A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US16934998

    申请日:2020-07-21

    申请人: Ethicon, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61L26/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to a hemostatic absorbable composition, comprising: a flowable plurality of separate aggregates each comprising: a plurality of absorbable carrier particles coated on a surface thereof by a plurality of smaller particles comprising an absorbable supplemental hemostasis-promoting agent. In some embodiments, the absorbable carrier particles comprise gelatin or collagen, and the supplemental hemostasis-promoting agent comprises oxidized cellulose, oxidized regenerated cellulose, carboxylic oxidized cellulose, carboxylic oxidized regenerated cellulose, thrombin, or tranexamic acid.