US 12,232,733 B2
Connector and wrap for end-to-side nerve coaptation
Orlando Merced-O'Neill, Bandera, TX (US); and Michael Raymond Orrico, Gainesville, FL (US)
Assigned to Axogen Corporation, Alachua, FL (US)
Filed by Axogen Corporation, Alachua, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/063,240.
Application 17/063,240 is a continuation of application No. 15/344,908, filed on Nov. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,835,253.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/251,901, filed on Nov. 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068837 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1128 (2013.01) [A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/3675 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1135 (2013.01); A61L 2430/32 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue connector device for end-to-side connection of tissues, the connector device comprising:
a hollow body having an insertion end configured to receive a donor tissue end, an adjoining end, and a lumen therebetween; and
a single overflap extending longitudinally out from the adjoining end of the hollow body, wherein the single overflap extends longitudinally out from one half or less of a perimeter of an edge of the adjoining end of the hollow body, wherein the single overflap includes two sides that taper towards each other as they extend from the edge of the adjoining end to a distal end of the single overflap, the distal end of the single overflap being parallel to the edge of the adjoining end of the hollow body, and wherein the single overflap is flexible and sized to at least partially extend around an exterior periphery of a non-end side of a recipient tissue and to position the non-end side of the recipient tissue adjacent to the adjoining end of the hollow body.