US 11,883,017 B2
Thread insertion devices
Antoine Duc, Saint Jean le Vieux (FR); and Bastien Mandaroux, Metz-Tessy (FR)
Assigned to ALLERGAN INDUSTRIE SAS
Filed by ALLERGAN INDUSTRIE SAS, Pringy (FR)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/924,198.
Application 16/924,198 is a division of application No. 15/414,219, filed on Jan. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,709,444.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337696 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06109 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00792 (2013.01); A61B 2017/061 (2013.01); A61F 2/0059 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thread insertion assembly comprising a base and a moveable member having a proximal portion coupled to the base, the movable member extending in a longitudinal direction along a portion of a thread, wherein a portion of the moveable member comprises laterally extending portions that extend in a lateral direction relative to the longitudinal direction to form an enclosure that surrounds at least a portion of a circumference of the thread in a first configuration, and a distal portion of each of the laterally extending portions circumferentially unfolds away from each other and the thread in the lateral direction in a second configuration.