US 12,144,505 B2
Abdominal approximation device and method
Gregory Lamps, Smyrna, GA (US); Matthew Luis Rivera, Roswell, GA (US); Brad Richardson, Mountain View, CA (US); and Daniel Jacobs, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Absolutions Med, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Absolutions Med, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/146,771.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,261, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,526, filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212685 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/08 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0281 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue securement assembly, comprising:
a fixation member having a length;
a thickness control securement member defining a receiving channel through which the fixation member is adjustably securable along the length, wherein the thickness control securement member further defines a receiving notch formed at least partially around a perimeter of the thickness control securement member such that the notch is oriented transversely relative to a height of the thickness control securement member; and
a frame which is adjustably securable to the thickness control securement member when a portion of the frame is positioned within the notch such that the frame is oriented transversely relative to the height of the thickness control securement member,
wherein the frame has a relaxed configuration and a biasing configuration which imparts a biasing force generated by the frame against the notch of the thickness control securement member when in the biasing configuration such that the biasing force is applied at a distance from tissue to be approximated via the fixation member.