US 12,458,337 B2
Anchor delivery system
Joseph Catanese, III, Oakland, CA (US); Theodore Bender, San Anselmo, CA (US); Robert George, San Jose, CA (US); Floria Cheng, San Francisco, CA (US); Jolene Cutts, San Francisco, CA (US); Ling-Kang Tong, Fremont, CA (US); Michael Gearhart, Fremont, CA (US); Matthew McLean, San Francisco, CA (US); James Niederjohn, San Jose, CA (US); Brian Y. Tachibana, Oakland, CA (US); and Ben Thompson, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Teleflex Life Sciences LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,336.
Application 15/295,395 is a division of application No. 13/833,299, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,504,461.
Application 17/412,336 is a continuation of application No. 16/442,900, filed on Jun. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,129,608.
Application 16/442,900 is a continuation of application No. 15/295,395, filed on Oct. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,349,932, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378658 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0401 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00274 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00792 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00796 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0419 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0479 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06095 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/3478 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00547 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for delivering a plurality of anchor assemblies, comprising:
removing an insert from a handle assembly;
inserting a cartridge into the handle assembly, the handle assembly comprising an actuator and a drive mechanism comprising a spring mechanism having a first loaded configuration characterized by a total stored energy and an unloaded configuration, wherein removing in the insert loads the spring mechanism with the total stored energy,
wherein the cartridge comprises at least one anchor assembly and a penetrating member and wherein the at least one anchor assembly and the penetrating member are configured to advance from a distal portion of the cartridge;
positioning the distal portion of the cartridge at an interventional site adjacent a prostate;
operating the actuator with a first actuation to cycle the drive mechanism from the loaded configuration to the unloaded configuration;
operating the actuator with a second actuation to cycle the drive mechanism from the unloaded configuration to a second loaded configuration characterized by the total stored energy, wherein:
operating the actuator with the first actuation simultaneously delivers a needle and at least a portion of the at least one anchor assembly to the prostate by transferring load from the drive mechanism to the cartridge, and
operating the actuator with the second actuation delivers at least a second portion of the at least one anchor assembly to the prostate by transferring load from the drive mechanism to the cartridge; and
removing the cartridge.