US 12,185,929 B2
Suture retention device
Raj Subramaniam, Fremont, CA (US); Robert Quintos, Newark, CA (US); and Shashank Raina, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to DRS Vascular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by DRS Vascular, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,382.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/453,020, filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0307045 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0057 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00623 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0456 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0459 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture retention device, comprising:
a housing having a channel extending therethrough;
one or more housing suture slots disposed in the housing, the one or more housing suture slots configured to receive one or more suture filaments;
a plunger having one or more plunger suture slots disposed therein, the one or more plunger suture slots configured to receive the one or more suture filaments, wherein the plunger is slidably disposed in the channel of the housing, the plunger having an open position and a closed position; and
a release tab coupled to the plunger, wherein the release tab pivots upward and away from an upper surface of the plunger, and wherein the release tab rotates about a central axis substantially orthogonal to the upper surface of the plunger,
wherein actuation of the release tab applies a force against the housing to facilitate removal of the plunger from the channel,
wherein in the open position, the plunger is partially disposed in the channel and the one or more housing suture slots are aligned with the one or more plunger suture slots to allow the one or more suture filaments to slidably move through the one or more housing suture slots and the one or more plunger suture slots, and
wherein in the closed position, the plunger is disposed at a different position in the channel than in the open position, and the one or more housing suture slots are misaligned with the one or more plunger suture slots to prevent the one or more suture filaments from slidably moving through the one or more housing suture slots and the one or more plunger suture slots.