US 11,806,194 B2
Spheric endo-luminal traction device for esophageal elongation
Jose Peiro Ibanez, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/123,629.
Application 17/123,629 is a continuation of application No. 15/624,677, filed on Jun. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,869,732.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/350,323, filed on Jun. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128263 A1, May 6, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/02 (2016.02) [A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1103 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for lengthening a tubular organ by applying tensile force, the system comprising:
a first implant configured to be received within a first pouch of the tubular organ, the first implant including a ball having a spherical outer surface;
a first tension suture extending through the first implant;
an insertion device for placing the first implant within the first pouch, the insertion device including a proximal end and a distal end; and
a coupler for releasably coupling the first implant to the distal end of the insertion device;
wherein tensile force applied to the first tension suture results in a semispherical distribution of force by the ball causing the first pouch to elongate.