Patent ID: 11903865
Assignee: SAVAGE MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 23:
24. An anchoring system, comprising:
a sleeve having an inner surface defining a first lumen, wherein the sleeve is configured to be disposed in a tissue cavity proximal to a damaged area of tissue of the tissue cavity;
a first sealing mechanism disposed at a proximal end of the sleeve;
a second sealing mechanism disposed at a distal end of the sleeve;
a pressure tube in fluid connection with an outer surface of the sleeve; and
a sheath in connection with the sleeve, the sheath forming a second lumen, the second lumen being in fluid connection with the first lumen of the sleeve, the sheath having an end in sealed fluid communication with, and extending distal to, a distal end of the sleeve and the second sealing mechanism, wherein the end of the sheath, extending distal to the distal end of the sleeve, is configured to cover and protect the damaged area of the tissue of the tissue cavity from content flowing through the second lumen of the sheath and the first lumen of the sleeve;
wherein the anchoring system is configured to apply negative pressure by an external negative pressure source to the pressure tube to form a sealed configuration of the sleeve that substantially prevents displacement of the sleeve in an axial direction due to friction forces between (i) the outer surface of the sleeve and the first and second sealing mechanisms of the sleeve; and (ii) the tissue of the tissue cavity proximal to and at a different location from the damaged area of the tissue of the tissue cavity, and
wherein the sleeve, the first sealing mechanism, and the second sealing mechanism are compressible by normal peristaltic forces of a patient's bowel.