US 12,239,323 B2
Left atrial appendage ligator
Can Xu, Jiangsu (CN); and Dongjin Wang, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to NANJING DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL, Nanjing (CN)
Appl. No. 18/708,999
Filed by NANJING DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL, Jiangsu (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 16, 2023, PCT No. PCT/CN2023/113352
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/051460, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 202211086543.0 (CN), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0325025 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12122 (2013.01) [A61B 17/12031 (2013.01); A61B 17/1214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A left atrial appendage ligator, comprising a ligature and an operating handle, one end of the operating handle is fixedly connected with a support rod, an inner wall of the support rod is fixedly connected with a feeding pipe and a locking pipe, a first sliding groove is formed in an inner side wall of the feeding pipe, an inner side wall of the first sliding groove is slidably connected with a first sliding block, a middle part of the first sliding block is fixedly connected with a feeding push rod, one end of the feeding push rod is fixedly connected with a first hook, one side of the first sliding block is fixedly connected with a return spring, a second sliding groove is formed in an inner side wall of the locking pipe, the second sliding groove is internally slidably connected with a second sliding block, one end of the second sliding block is fixedly connected with a second hook, the other end of the second sliding block is fixedly connected with a locking push rod, a sliding cavity is formed in the inner sidewall of the locking pipe, adjacent to the second sliding groove, of the locking pipe, a supporting component is inserted in the sliding cavity, one end of the ligature is wound at a middle part of the ligature to form a hanger knot so as to form a loop at the middle part of the ligature in a surrounding manner, and the loop is arranged at one end of an outer wall of the supporting component; the feeding pipe comprises a straight pipe portion and a guide portion, one end of the guide portion is in threaded connection with the straight pipe portion, the locking pipe comprises a fixing portion and a detaching portion; and one end of the detaching portion is in threaded connection with the fixing portion, and the one end of the ligature threading through the guide portion is attached to a surface of the first hook, and the other end of the ligature threading through the detaching portion is attached to a surface of the second hook.