Deployment device for a soft tissue repair prosthesis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10646322-B2
Application number	US-201615387152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2016
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A deployment device for positioning a soft tissue repair prosthesis includes a self-expanding support body releasably attachable to the prosthesis. The support body may be removably insertable into a pocket of the prosthesis. A handle coupled to the support body facilitates positioning the patch and/or removal of the support body from the pocket. The support body may substantially occupy the pocket in an expanded configuration. The handle may be arranged to direct a pulling force to the outer peripheral edge of the support body and/or cause a portion thereof to be pulled downward and below the body during withdrawal of the deployment device from the prosthesis. The support body may include support segments pivotally coupled together and foldable to collapse the support body for insertion into and removal from the pocket. One or more resilient support members may be provided for collapsing and expanding the support body and the prosthesis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A deployment device for a soft tissue repair prosthesis, the deployment device comprising:
a self-expanding support body configured to be releasably coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis to assist in spreading the soft tissue repair prosthesis from a reduced configuration to an expanded configuration; and
a handle including a distal end coupled to the support body and a free end extendable away from the support body,
the support body including a first support segment and a second support segment, the first and second support segments being separate components coupled together at only two locations with a pair of pivots to pivotally collapse the support body from an expanded configuration to a reduced configuration,
the handle coupled to the support body to position the soft tissue repair prosthesis relative to a soft tissue defect when the support body is coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis and to release the support body from the soft tissue repair prosthesis with a pulling force on the free end of the handle in an outward direction away from the soft tissue repair prosthesis when the soft tissue repair prosthesis is in the expanded configuration,
wherein the support body when coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis is manipulable into the reduced configuration with the soft tissue repair prosthesis for insertion through a surgical opening into a patient.

2. The deployment device according to claim 1 , wherein the expanded configuration of the support body has a planar configuration and the reduced configuration of the support body has a non-planar configuration.

3. The deployment device according to claim 1 , wherein the support body has a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body, the pivots being located in a pivot plane located along the second axis and perpendicular to the first axis.

4. The deployment device according to claim 3 , wherein the pivots are located on opposite sides of the first axis.

5. The deployment device according to claim 4 , wherein the first and second support segments pivot relative to each other about pivot axes located in the pivot plane.

6. The deployment device according to claim 3 , wherein the first and second support segments are configured to fold or bend as the first and second segments pivot relative to each other.

7. The deployment device according to claim 6 , wherein the first and second support segments are configured to fold or bend about the first axis.

8. The deployment device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first and second support segments includes at least one relief configured to facilitate folding or bending thereof.

9. The deployment device according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one relief is located along the first axis.

10. The deployment device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the first and second support segments includes a preformed fold line configured to facilitate folding or bending thereof.

11. The deployment device according to claim 1 , wherein portions of the first and second support segments overlap each other at the pivots.

12. The deployment device according to claim 1 , wherein the handle includes a handle base and a handle pull extending from the handle base, the first and second support segments being pivotally coupled to the handle base.

13. The deployment device according to claim 12 , wherein the support body has a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body, the handle pull configured to pivot toward and away from the support body along at least the first and second axes.

14. A deployment device for a soft tissue repair prosthesis, the deployment device comprising:
a self-expanding support body to be releasably coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis to assist in spreading the soft tissue repair prosthesis from a reduced configuration to an expanded configuration, the support body having a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body; and
a handle including a distal end coupled to the support body and a free end extendable away from the support body,
the support body including a first support segment and a second support segment, the first and second support segments being separate components pivotally coupled together with a pair of pivots to collapse the support body from an expanded configuration to a reduced configuration, the pivots being located in a pivot plane located along the second axis and perpendicular to the first axis, the first and second support segments are configured to fold or bend about the first axis as the first and second segments pivot relative to each other, each of the first and second support segments includes at least one relief located along the first axis configured to facilitate folding or bending thereof,
the handle coupled to the support body to position the soft tissue repair prosthesis relative to a soft tissue defect when the support body is coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis and to release the support body from the soft tissue repair prosthesis with a pulling force on the free end of the handle in an outward direction away from the soft tissue repair prosthesis when the soft tissue repair prosthesis is in the expanded configuration,
wherein the support body when coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis is manipulable into the reduced configuration with the soft tissue repair prosthesis for insertion through a surgical opening into a patient, wherein the support body includes an opening therethrough located at the center thereof, each of the first and second segments including an outer peripheral edge and an inner peripheral edge, the outer peripheral edges defining an outer periphery of the support body and the inner peripheral edges defining the opening through the support body, the at least one relief including a first relief and a second relief, the first relief located along the outer peripheral edge and the second relief located along the inner peripheral edge of each of the first and second support segments.

15. A deployment device for a soft tissue repair prosthesis, the deployment device comprising:
a self-expanding support body to be releasably coupled to the soft tissue repair prosthesis to assist in spreading the soft tissue repair prosthesis from a reduced configuration to an expanded configuration, the support body having a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the first axis and the second axis intersecting at approximately a center of the support body; and
a handle including a distal end coupled to the support body and a free end extendable away from the support body,
the support body including a first support segment and a second support segment, the first and second support segments being separate components pivotally coupled together with a pair of pivots to collapse the support body from an expanded configuration to a reduced configuration, the pivots being located in a pivot plane located along the second axis and perpendicular to the first axis, the first and second support segments being configured to fold or bend about the first axis as the first and second segments pivot relative to each other, each of the first and second support segments including a preformed fold line configured to facilitate folding or bending thereof, wherein each fold line inclu

Assignees

• Bard Inc C R

Inventors

• Felix Augustus
• Griffin Jeremy
• Conidi John
• Rathbone Daniel
• Bachman Alan

Classifications

• A61F2210/0076

  multilayered, e.g. laminated structures · CPC title

• A61F2/0063 Primary

  Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes · CPC title

• A61F2002/0072

  Delivery tools therefor · CPC title

• A61B17/3468

  for implanting or removing devices, e.g. prostheses, implants, seeds, wires (devices for implanting seeds A61M37/0069) · CPC title