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Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,525 · App. 18/332,309 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Tissue anchor deployment

Inventors: Peter Wilson (Killingworth, CT); Stephen Epstein (Millersville, MD); Stephen Cournane (Severn, MD)
Assignee: Harpoon Medical, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,201,525
App. No.
18/332,309
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tissue anchor delivery device includes a handle, an elongate shaft extending from the handle, a pusher tube disposed at least partially within a lumen of the elongate shaft, a pusher hub coupled to the pusher tube, a needle disposed at least partially within a lumen of the pusher tube, a needle hub coupled to the needle, and an actuator configured to be fixed to the pusher hub and the needle hub. The actuator is further configured to advance the needle hub and the pusher hub a first distance, thereby causing a tip of the needle to protrude from a distal end of the elongate shaft, disengage from the needle hub, and advance the pusher hub a second distance relative to the needle hub, thereby causing a distal end of the pusher tube to advance over the needle and push a coiled suture form off of the needle.

Claims (52)

1. A tissue anchor delivery device comprising:

a handle;

an elongate shaft extending from the handle;

a pusher tube disposed at least partially within a lumen of the elongate shaft;

a pusher hub coupled to the pusher tube;

a needle disposed at least partially within a lumen of the pusher tube;

a needle hub coupled to the needle; and

an actuator configured to be fixed to the pusher hub and the needle hub, the actuator further being configured to:

advance the needle hub and the pusher hub a first distance, thereby causing a tip of the needle to protrude from a distal end of the elongate shaft;

disengage from the needle hub;

advance the pusher hub a second distance relative to the needle hub, thereby causing a distal end of the pusher tube to advance over the needle and push a coiled sutureform off of the needle; and

travel a third distance to cause the coiled sutureform to convert to a knot form.

2. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein said converting the coiled sutureform to the knot form comprises approximating two or more ends of the coiled sutureform to form one or more loops.

3. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein said travelling the third distance by the actuator causes the pusher hub to advance the third distance to push the coiled sutureform to cause the coiled sutureform to convert to the knot form.

4. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein said travelling the third distance by the actuator is in a proximal direction and causes one or more suture tails associated with the coiled sutureform to be pulled proximally.

5. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein:

the coiled sutureform is wrapped around a distal portion of the needle; and

the tissue anchor delivery device further comprises a suture catch configured to hold one or more suture tails associated with the coiled sutureform.

6. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 5 , wherein a portion of the one or more suture tails between the coiled sutureform and the suture catch has slack therein to allow for advancement of the coiled sutureform relative to the suture catch.

7. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein said disengaging of the actuator from the needle hub is caused by contact with a stopper within the handle.

8. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the handle includes a stop member that, when contacted by at least one of the actuator, the needle hub, or the pusher hub, causes at least one of the pusher hub or the needle hub to release from the actuator.

9. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the first distance is set by at least one of a stop member or a hub-release mechanism of the handle.

10. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first distance is between 0.2-0.3 inches; and

the second distance is between 0.25-0.65 inches.

11. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the handle is configured to limit an amount of travel of the needle hub to the first distance to limit a protrusion distance of the tip of the needle.

12. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 1 , wherein, when the needle hub has travelled the first distance, the needle hub is automatically locked in-place relative to the handle.

13. A tissue anchor delivery device comprising:

a handle;

an elongate shaft extending from the handle;

a pusher tube disposed at least partially within a lumen of the elongate shaft;

a pusher hub coupled to the pusher tube;

a needle disposed at least partially within a lumen of the pusher tube;

a needle hub coupled to the needle; and

an actuator configured to be fixed to the pusher hub and the needle hub, the actuator further being configured to:

advance the needle hub and the pusher hub a first distance, thereby causing a tip of the needle to protrude from a distal end of the elongate shaft;

disengage from the needle hub; and

advance the pusher hub a second distance relative to the needle hub, thereby causing a distal end of the pusher tube to advance over the needle and push a coiled sutureform off of the needle;

wherein the actuator comprises a plunger configured to be manually pushed by a user.

14. A tissue anchor delivery device comprising:

a handle;

an elongate shaft;

a needle disposed at least partially within the elongate shaft;

a coiled sutureform wound around a distal portion of the needle;

a pusher disposed at least partially within the elongate shaft;

a needle hub fixed to the needle and configured to advance within the handle a first preset distance to project a tip of the needle from a distal end of the elongate shaft; and

a pusher hub fixed to the pusher and configured to advance within the handle a second preset distance to pass a distal end of the pusher beyond the tip of the needle a sufficient distance to push the coiled sutureform off of the needle and push a proximal portion of the coiled sutureform distally towards a distal portion of the coiled sutureform to form one or more loops of a knot.

15. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 14 , further comprising a suture catch configured to hold one or more suture tails associated with the coiled sutureform.

16. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the one or more suture tails between the coiled sutureform and the suture catch has slack therein to allow for advancement of the coiled sutureform relative to the suture catch.

17. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 14 , wherein the needle hub is configured to be releasably coupled with an actuator carriage that is actuatable by a user.

18. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 14 , wherein the handle includes a stop member that, when contacted by at least one of the needle hub, the pusher hub, or an actuator coupled to at least one of the needle hub or the pusher hub, causes the needle hub to decouple from the actuator.

19. The tissue anchor delivery device of claim 14 , wherein the needle hub and the pusher hub are controllable through manual engagement with a plunger actuator of the tissue anchor delivery device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2025
From: WILSON, PETER; EPSTEIN, STEPHEN; COURNANE, STEPHEN
To: HARPOON MEDICAL, INC.
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Continuity (6)
Continuation 17119961 · Dec 11, 2020
Continuation 15937582 · Mar 27, 2018
Continuation PCTUS2016055170 · Oct 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62315879 · Mar 31, 2016
Provisional Application 62236225 · Oct 2, 2015
Related Publication 20230310153A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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