US 12,440,215 B2
Surgical device
Seonaid Barbara Nimmo, Lanarkshire (GB)
Assigned to Vascutek Limited, Renfrewshire (GB)
Filed by Vascutek Limited, Renfrewshire (GB)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,409.
Application 18/652,409 is a division of application No. 17/209,414, filed on Mar. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,998,210.
Application 17/209,414 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2019/052533, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1815630 (GB), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277339 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/12009 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for controlling fluid flow through a vessel defining a lumen through which fluid may flow, comprising:
at least one elongate flexible member configured to form an eye for surrounding the vessel defining a lumen, the at least one elongate flexible member having a first attachment point and a second attachment point; and
a compressible operating member attachable to the first attachment point and the second attachment point of said at least one elongate flexible member, the compressible operating member being compressible upon the application of pressure to the compressible operating member, and operable to act upon the at least one elongate flexible member such that: the at least one elongate flexible member is movable from a first position in which the at least one elongate flexible member is under tension such that the eye constricts fluid flow within the lumen and a second position in which the at least one elongate flexible member is relaxed such that the eye does not constrict fluid flow through the lumen,
wherein the compressible operating member is a resiliently deformable C-shaped member having first and second arms separated by a gap, wherein the first arm is attachable to the first attachment point of the at least one elongate flexible member, and the second arm is attachable to the second attachment point of the at least one elongate flexible member, wherein the eye is located in the gap, wherein at least one of the first and second arms is movable inwardly so as to move the at least one elongate flexible member from the first position to the second position, the compressible operating member biased in an uncompressed configuration applying tension to the at least one elongate flexible member in the first position,
wherein the at least one elongate flexible member is a single elongate flexible member comprising first and second ends, wherein the first arm of the compressible operating member comprises a first threading arrangement, and the second arm of the compressible operating member comprises a second threading arrangement, and
wherein the first end of the at least one elongate flexible member is threaded through the first threading arrangement of the compressible operating member, and the second end of the at least one elongate flexible member is threaded through the second threading arrangement of the compressible operating member.