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Publication Number
US-12402876-B2
Publication Date
2025-09-02
Expiration Date
Abstract
A releasable elongated assembly includes a release member having a length and an opening that extends along the length. The releasable elongated assembly includes a first elongated element having a first coupling member disposed in the opening and a second elongated element having a second coupling member disposed in the opening opposite the first coupling member along the length. The first and second elongated elements are interlaced with each other in the opening at a location between the first coupling member and the second coupling member such that the first and second elongated elements are attached to each other. The release member is moveable from a first position where the first and second coupling members are captured in the opening to a second position where the first and second coupling members are released from the opening so as to detach the first and second elongated elements from each other.
Core Innovation
The invention provides a releasable elongated assembly with a release member that includes an elongate opening or a lumen. A first elongated element has a first coupling member and defines a first loop adjacent to the first coupling member, and a second elongated element has a second coupling member releasably couplable with the first coupling member and defines a second loop.
When the first coupling member and the second coupling member are received in the elongate opening or lumen, the release member inhibits release of the first and second coupling members from one another. The elongate opening and loop arrangement prevent the coupling members from passing each other, creating a jammed releasable joint that withstands tension in an attached/holding configuration.
Moving the release member to a released configuration ejects or unlocks the coupling members from the inhibiting arrangement so the elongated elements detach without cutting. The described geometry includes interlaced loops formed by folding in the elongate opening, with the second loop interlaced with the first loop.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims center on a release member with an elongate opening or lumen that receives two releasably couplable coupling members carried by first and second elongated elements or sutures. Three inventive features are identified across the claims, with loop geometry and inhibited release as the common focus.
Releasable elongated assembly inhibiting release via elongate opening and loops
A releasable elongated assembly having a release member including an elongate opening; a first elongated element having a first coupling member; and a second elongated element having a second coupling member releasably couplable with the first coupling member, wherein the first elongated element defines a first loop adjacent to the first coupling member, the second elongated element defines a second loop, and when the first coupling member and the second coupling member are received in the elongate opening, the release member inhibits release of the first and second coupling members from one another.
Suture assembly inhibiting release via lumen and loops
A suture assembly having a release member including a lumen; a first suture having a first coupling member; and a second suture having a second coupling member releasably couplable with the first coupling member, wherein the first suture defines a first loop adjacent to the first coupling member, the second elongated element defines a second loop, and when the first coupling member and the second coupling member are received in the lumen, the release member inhibits release of the first and second coupling members from one another.
Releasable elongated assembly with interlaced loops formed by folding in elongate opening
A releasable elongated assembly having a release member including an elongate opening; a first elongated element having a first coupling member; and a second elongated element having a second coupling member releasably couplable with the first coupling member, wherein the first elongated element is folded in the elongate opening to define a first loop adjacent to the first coupling member, and the second elongated element is folded in the elongate opening to define a second loop interlaced with the first loop.
The claims focus on a release member with an elongate opening or lumen that receives coupling members from first and second elongated elements or sutures. The loop arrangement, including a first loop adjacent to a coupling member and a second loop interlaced with the first loop, produces an inhibiting configuration until the released condition removes the inhibiting arrangement.
Stated Advantages
In the released configuration, the elongated elements detach without cutting.
The joint is described as withstanding tension in an attached/holding configuration via a jammed releasable joint.
Documented Applications
Remote suturing.
Vascular closure devices, including an endovascular/vascular closure device.
Orthopedic surgery.
Non-surgical uses described include ropes/awnings/tenting.
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