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US 12,558,085 · App. 17/877,930 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Surgical anchoring device, deployment device, and method of use

Inventors: Isaac Running (Bozeman, MT); Robert J. Ball (West Olive, MI); Douglas Snell (South Portland, ME); R. Sean Churchill (Mequon, WI); Louis McIntyre (White Plains, NY); Nathan Kemper (Virginia Beach, VA)
Assignee: Embody, Inc.
A61B17/0401A61B2017/0412A61B2017/0427A61B2017/0464
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Patent No.
US 12,558,085
App. No.
17/877,930
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical anchoring device may include a first beam and a second beam each extending along a longitudinal direction; and a connecting member bridging a first proximal portion of the first beam to a second proximal portion of the second beam such that the first beam is substantially aligned with the second beam. In addition, the anchoring device may include a first barb protruding from a medial side of the first beam, wherein the first barb extends diagonally in a generally proximal direction; and a second barb protruding from a medial side of the second beam, wherein the second barb extends diagonally in a generally proximal direction. The first barb may include a proximal facing surface that is separated from the first beam by a recess.

Claims (32)

1 . A surgical anchoring device, comprising:

a first beam and a second beam each extending along a longitudinal direction;

a connecting member bridging a first proximal portion of the first beam to a second proximal portion of the second beam such that the first beam is aligned with the second beam;

a first barb that includes a first base portion protruding from a medial side of the first beam, wherein the first barb extends diagonally in a generally proximal direction from the first beam to a tip of the first barb, the first barb having a first width that is located where the first base portion protrudes from the first beam, the first base portion providing structural support to a first tapered portion of the first barb, the first tapered portion including a first flat proximal-facing surface, the first base portion and the first tapered portion combining to form a continuous element of the first barb, the first base portion having a first lateral length, the first tapered portion having a second lateral length, the first lateral length being shorter than the second lateral length; and

a second barb that includes a second base portion protruding from a medial side of the second beam, wherein the second barb extends diagonally in a generally proximal direction from the second beam to a tip of the second barb, the second barb having a second width that is located where the second base portion protrudes from the second beam, the second base portion providing structural support to a second tapered portion of the second barb, the second tapered portion including a second flat proximal-facing surface, the second base portion and the second tapered portion combining to form a continuous element of the second barb, the second base portion having a third lateral length, the second tapered portion having a fourth lateral length, the third lateral length being shorter than the fourth lateral length,

wherein the first flat proximal-facing surface is separated from the first beam by a first recess in the first base portion, the first recess adjoining the first flat proximal-facing surface and extending the entirety of the first width of the first barb such that no part of the first flat proximal-facing surface extends to touch the first beam,

wherein the second flat proximal-facing surface is separated from the second beam by a second recess in the second base portion, the second recess adjoining the second flat proximal-facing surface and extending the entirety of the second width of the second barb such that no part of the second flat proximal-facing surface extends to touch the second beam.

2 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 1 further including a first reinforcement rib disposed within the first recess.

3 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting member extends further proximally than a proximal end of the first proximal portion of the first beam and a proximal end of the second proximal portion of the second beam.

4 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 1 , wherein the first beam, second beam, connecting member, first barb, and second barb comprise a monolithic structure formed of a single unitary piece of material.

5 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 1 , wherein the first beam extends between a proximal end and a distal end of the first beam, the proximal end of the first beam terminating in a first surface having a first shape and the distal end of the first beam terminating in a second surface having a different shape than the first shape.

6 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 5 , wherein the proximal end of the first beam terminates in a circular surface and the distal end of the first beam terminates in a teardrop-shaped surface.

7 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 6 , wherein the proximal end of the first beam terminates in a surface aligned with a lateral axis and the distal end of the first beam terminates in a surface oriented at an oblique angle relative to the lateral axis.

8 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 7 further comprising a third barb protruding from the medial side of the first beam, wherein the third barb is contiguous with the distal end of the first beam.

9 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 1 , wherein the first barb only intersects with the first beam at a location along the first beam that is further distal than a distal-most portion of the first proximal-facing surface of the first barb.

10 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 9 , wherein the first recess in the first barb extends all the way from the first beam to the distal-most portion of the first proximal-facing surface of the first barb.

11 . A surgical anchoring device, comprising:

a first beam and a second beam each extending along a longitudinal direction;

a connecting member bridging a first proximal portion of the first beam to a second proximal portion of the second beam such that the first beam is aligned with the second beam;

a first barb that includes a first base portion protruding from a medial side of the first beam, wherein the first barb extends diagonally in a generally proximal direction from the first beam, the first base portion providing structural support to a first tapered portion of the first barb, the first tapered portion including a first flat proximal-facing surface, the first base portion and the first tapered portion combining to form a continuous element of the first barb, the first base portion having a first lateral length, the first tapered portion having a second lateral length, the first lateral length being shorter than the second lateral length; and

a second barb that includes a second base portion protruding from a medial side of the second beam, wherein the second barb extends diagonally in a generally proximal direction from the second beam, the second base portion providing structural support to a second tapered portion of the second barb, the second tapered portion including a second flat proximal-facing surface, the second base portion and the second tapered portion combining to form a continuous element of the second barb, the second base portion having a third lateral length, the second tapered portion having a fourth lateral length, the third lateral length being shorter than the fourth lateral length,

wherein the first flat proximal-facing surface of the first tapered portion includes a first side and a second side, the first side of the first flat proximal-facing surface adjoining a first upper surface of the first base portion, the second side of the first flat proximal-facing surface positioned laterally away from the first side of the first flat proximal-facing surface to form a tip of the first barb, wherein the first side of the first flat proximal-facing surface is separated from the first beam by a first recess in the first barb, the first recess forming the entirety of the first upper surface of the first base portion such that no part of the first flat proximal-facing surface extends to touch the first beam,

wherein the second flat proximal-facing surface of the second tapered portion includes a first side and a second side, the first side of the second flat proximal-facing surface adjoining a second upper surface of the second base portion, the second side of the second flat proximal-facing surface positioned laterally away from the first side of the second flat proximal-facing surface to form a tip of the second barb, wherein the first side of the second flat proximal-facing surface is separated from the second beam by a second recess in the second barb, the second recess forming the entirety of the second upper surface of the second base portion such that no part of the second flat proximal-facing surface extends to touch the second beam.

12 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 11 further including a first reinforcement rib disposed within the first recess.

13 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 11 , wherein the connecting member extends further proximally than a proximal end of the first proximal portion of the first beam and a proximal end of the second proximal portion of the second beam.

14 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 11 , wherein the first beam, second beam, connecting member, first barb, and second barb comprise a monolithic structure formed of a single unitary piece of material.

15 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 11 , wherein the first beam extends between a proximal end and a distal end of the first beam, the proximal end of the first beam terminating in a first surface having a first shape and the distal end of the first beam terminating in a second surface having a different shape from the first shape.

16 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 15 , wherein the proximal end of the first beam terminates in a circular surface and the distal end of the first beam terminates in a teardrop-shaped surface.

17 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 16 , wherein the proximal end of the first beam terminates in a surface aligned with a lateral axis and the distal end of the first beam terminates in a surface oriented at an oblique angle relative to the lateral axis.

18 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 11 further comprising a third barb protruding from the medial side of the first beam, wherein the third barb is contiguous with a distal end of the first beam.

19 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 11 , wherein the first barb only intersects with the first beam at a location along the first beam that is further distal than a distal-most portion of the first flat proximal-facing surface of the first tapered portion of the first barb.

20 . The surgical anchoring device of claim 19 , wherein the first recess in the first barb extends all the way from the first beam to the distal-most portion of the first flat proximal-facing surface of the first tapered portion of the first barb.

Continuity (4)
Division 17174057 · Feb 11, 2021
Provisional Application 62972722 · Feb 11, 2020
Provisional Application 62972718 · Feb 11, 2020
Related Publication 20230013066A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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