US 12,133,986 B2
Tissue anchoring assembly
Jacques Deviere, Bornival (BE); Antoine Nonclercq, Brussels (BE); Adrien Debelle, Brussels (BE); Laurent Lonys, Brussels (BE); Fabrizio Giannotta, Vaux-sous-Chevremont (BE); and François Huberland, Ixelles (BE)
Assigned to Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
Appl. No. 17/414,746
Filed by Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084742
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126770, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18213753 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072320 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37518 (2017.08) [A61N 1/3754 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for anchoring in tissue, the assembly comprising:
an anchor part, the anchor part comprising:
a support having a distal face and a proximal face opposite the distal face,
at least two needles, each having a tip end configured to engage tissue, a head end opposite the tip end, and a stem extending from the head end to the tip end, wherein the stem of each of the at least two needles is at least partially embedded in the support, such that the tip ends project from the distal face and the head ends project from the proximal face,
wherein the at least two needles are positionable in a first configuration; and
a biasing part configured to position the anchor part according to a second configuration differing from the first configuration in an orientation of the at least two needles relative to one another, wherein the biasing part is releasable from the anchor part;
wherein the biasing part comprises a holding device configured to hold the anchor part in the second configuration, wherein the holding device comprises at least two recesses configured to accommodate corresponding head ends; and
wherein the support comprises a resilient material, such that the support is deformable and acts as a pivot when the at least two needles change between the first configuration and the second configuration.