US 11,850,143 B2
Tissue repair device and method for using the same
Chih-Chieh Huang, Zhunan Township (TW); Jeng-Liang Kuo, Hsinchu (TW); Hui-Ting Huang, Zhubei (TW); Shiun-Yin Chang, Changhua (TW); Meng-Hsueh Lin, Taoyuan (TW); Cheng-Yi Wu, Zhubei (TW); Lih-Tao Hsu, Taoyuan (TW); Pei-I Tsai, Hsinchu (TW); Hsin-Hsin Shen, Zhudong Township (TW); Chih-Yu Chen, Zhubei (TW); Kuo-Yi Yang, Hsinchu (TW); and Chun-Hsien Ma, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/243,858.
Claims priority of application No. 109114515 (TW), filed on Apr. 30, 2020; and application No. 110115426 (TW), filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338414 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/0811 (2013.01) [A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0075 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0056 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
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1. A tissue-repair device for repairing a tissue, the tissue-repair device comprising:
a body portion comprising an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being configured to be close to the tissue, wherein the inner layer comprises a hydrophilic structure, and the outer layer comprises a hydrophobic structure,
the body portion comprising an upper opening and a lower opening communicating with each other, and the body portion surrounding an injured position of the tissue;
the body portion comprising:
a middle portion;
an edge portion connected to the middle portion, and the edge portion comprising a first edge portion and a second edge portion,
wherein the middle portion is disposed between the first edge portion and the second edge portion, the first edge portion corresponds to the upper opening, and the second edge portion corresponds to the lower opening; and
a plurality of holes disposed on the first edge portion and the second edge portion; and
at least one wire comprising a first wire and a second wire, wherein the first wire passes through the holes disposed in the first edge portion, the second wire passes through the holes disposed in the second edge portion, when the body portion surrounds the injured position, the first edge portion and the second edge portion approach toward the tissue by tightening the first wire and the second wire, in order to fix the body portion to the tissue.