US 12,144,499 B2
Suture fastener having spaced-apart layers
Manouchehr A. Miraki, Laguna Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/535,985.
Application 18/535,985 is a continuation of application No. 17/119,924, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,957,332.
Application 17/119,924 is a continuation of application No. 15/847,690, filed on Dec. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,863,980, issued on Dec. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,868, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099712 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0487 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61F 2/2409 (2013.01); A61F 2/2448 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for securing one or more lines of suture, comprising:
a generally disc-shaped body defining a plurality of axially spaced-apart layers, each axially spaced-apart layer of the plurality of axially spaced-apart layers comprising:
an outer axial surface;
an inner axial surface, wherein the inner axial surfaces of the plurality of axially spaced-apart layers define a hollow interior portion of the generally disc-shaped body;
an opening extending through an axial surface of at least one axially spaced-apart layer of the plurality of axially spaced-apart layers, the opening defining a first edge in the at least one axially spaced-apart layer and a second edge in the at least one axially spaced-apart layer, the opening being a suture opening providing access to the hollow interior portion, wherein the first edge and the second edge are elastically deformable from a closed configuration to an open configuration such that the first edge and the second edge resume the closed configuration once a biasing force is removed from the at least one axially spaced-apart layer, wherein the first edge and the second edge are spaced apart by a first distance when in the open configuration and a second distance when in the closed configuration, the second distance being smaller than the first distance; and
wherein one or more lines of suture can be passed through the opening when the first edge and the second edge are in the open configuration and the one or more lines of suture are restricted by the first edge and the second edge from sliding through the suture opening in at least one longitudinal direction of the one or more lines of suture when the first edge and the second edge are in the closed configuration.