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Knotless Suture Device to Cinch and Release Purse String Sutures

Unmet NeedNearly 750,000 patients in the United States per year require hemodialysis. In order to achieve hemostasis after percutaneous hemodialysis interventions, purse string sutures are routinely utilized. A purse string suture is sewn with a particular pattern so that the beginning and end of the suture strand lie close together. Days or weeks after...

Published: 6/27/2024 | Inventor(s): Andrew Schulick, Devika Singh

Keywords(s): Disease Indication, Interventional and Surgical Systems, Surgical Instruments, Suture Insertion/Removal, Traumatic Injury

Category(s): Clinical and Disease Specializations, Clinical and Disease Specializations > Traumatic Injury, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Surgical, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices

Clam Shell Guide Wire Introducer

The current invention, a clamshell wire introducer (the clamshell), addresses the deficiencies of currently available introducers. The device is similar in shape to standard wire introducers, but is split along the ventral surface of the long axis. The device is then used in the same manner as any other wire introducer. After wire insertion, the device...

Published: 6/27/2024 | Inventor(s): Andrew Schulick, Devika Singh

Keywords(s): Disease Indication, Interventional and Surgical Systems, Surgical Instruments, Suture Insertion/Removal, Traumatic Injury

A Compliant, Strong, Suturable Collagen-based Biomaterial

Unmet NeedTissue engineering and regenerative medicine hold immense promise for the future as new ways to regenerate and regrow biological tissues. An ideal tissue engineering scaffold is able to completely approximate the biochemical and mechanical properties of the tissue it is replacing, fully absorb into the body after new tissue has been established,...

Published: 6/27/2024 | Inventor(s): Anirudha Singh

Keywords(s): Industrial Manufacturing, Interventional and Surgical Systems, Novel Materials, Surgical Instruments, Suture Insertion/Removal

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Regenerative Medicine

A Novel System for Transfascial Suture Placement Through Mesh for Hernia Surgery

Novel Transfascial Suture Placement System to Secure Mesh in Hernia SurgeryValue Proposition: Nearly 1 million hernia operations are performed in the United States yearly. In a majority of these cases, mesh is used to provide a better outcome. The best way to secure the mesh is a “transfascial” technique where sutures attached to the mesh...

Published: 6/27/2024 | Inventor(s): Hien Nguyen

Keywords(s): Interventional and Surgical Systems, Surgical Instruments, Suture Insertion/Removal

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Surgical, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices