Patent ID: 8454635
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A surgical attachment device for use in constricting anatomical tissue, comprising: an elongated wire-like member having a length extending along a longitudinal axis and including a first portion spaced apart from a second portion along the length, said elongated wire-like member further including a cross-sectional profile capable of varying between a free state cross-sectional dimension and a constrained state cross-sectional dimension, said constrained state cross-sectional dimension being smaller than said free state cross-sectional dimension; and a holding device engaged with said first portion of said wire-like member, and provided with a clamping member including first and second wire contact portions defining a wire-like member receiving space therebetween, said holding device including a lateral opening communicating with said space and communicating with the outside environment such that a segment of said wire-like member may be inserted from the outside environment into said space by moving said wire-like member through the lateral opening in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis, at least one of said first and second wire contact portions movable with respect to the other of said first and second wire contact portions between a biased-closed configuration and an open configuration, said holding device further including a resilient element configured to receive a compression force to move said clamping member to said open configuration wherein under the compression force in said open configuration said first and second wire contact portions are spaced by a distance greater than said free state cross-sectional dimension and in said biased-closed configuration said first and second wire contact portions are biased together by said resilient element into said biased-closed configuration to engage and hold said second portion of said wire-like member in said constrained state cross-sectional dimension.