WO2008044146A2 - Instrument de stockage et de distribution d'une attache chirurgicale - Google Patents

Instrument de stockage et de distribution d'une attache chirurgicale Download PDF

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WO2008044146A2
WO2008044146A2 PCT/IB2007/004166 IB2007004166W WO2008044146A2 WO 2008044146 A2 WO2008044146 A2 WO 2008044146A2 IB 2007004166 W IB2007004166 W IB 2007004166W WO 2008044146 A2 WO2008044146 A2 WO 2008044146A2
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fastener
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Pierre Bailly
Michel Therin
David Perdreaux
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Sofradim Production
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/068—Surgical staplers, e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/064—Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0401—Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors
    • A61B2017/0409—Instruments for applying suture anchors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials
    • A61B17/0401—Suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to bone, cartilage or soft tissue; Instruments for applying or removing suture anchors
    • A61B2017/0419—H-fasteners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
    • A61B17/064—Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue
    • A61B2017/0647—Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue having one single leg, e.g. tacks

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  • the present disclosure relates to a device for deploying and ejecting a recumbent I-shaped surgical fastener, the fastener comprising an anchoring bar, a stop bar and a linking strip.
  • the device is configured for attachment at a distal end of an instrument for storing, dispensing and positioning such fasteners.
  • WO 03/075773 already discloses an instrument for dispensing and positioning surgical fasteners with the aim of fastening the fabric of a prosthesis to human tissue, for example the abdominal wall of a patient.
  • the fasteners are positioned by means of a hollow, bevelled needle, which passes through the prosthesis and flesh.
  • the ejection guide At rest the ejection guide is housed in the tubular body of the instrument and the positioning of the fasteners is accompanied by the translational movement of the ejection guide towards the distal end of the instrument, the length of the projecting part of the ejection guide at the moment of ejection being equal to 3 mm or less.
  • the fasteners initially in the form of a recumbent I, are unfolded inside the ejection guide, therefore inside the tubular body of the instrument, and it is only once the stop bar is straightened up that it leaves the tubular body.
  • Such an instrument may be used by introducing the tubular body into a trocar.
  • the tendency is to use trocars having the smallest diameter possible, for example around 5 mm.
  • the diameter of the tubular body is therefore reduced accordingly.
  • fasteners which must have dimensions sufficient to exert their retention function on the prosthesis in human tissue, are forced, when they are being stored in this tubular body, to be even more folded-up. Their deployment is therefore more tricky and, in addition, it cannot take place in the tubular body, the diameter of which is smaller than the size of an unfolded fastener.
  • One object of the present disclosure is to provide a device for deploying and ejecting a recumbent I-shaped surgical fastener, which allows satisfactory deployment of the fastener even when it is stored in a small-diameter tubular body.
  • the disclosure relates to a device for deploying and ejecting a recumbent I -shaped surgical fastener.
  • the fastener comprises an anchoring bar, a stop bar and a linking strip, the device being intended to be positioned to the distal end of an instrument for storing, dispensing and positioning such fasteners.
  • the device has a longitudinal axis and a distal end that lies in a plane approximately orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and includes a first longitudinal channel emerging at the proximal and distal ends of the device, in which the anchoring bar of a fastener can slide longitudinally up to a point where it is ejected at the distal end of the device, the first channel having a longitudinal slot intended for passage of the linking strip of said fastener during said sliding.
  • the device has an approximately longitudinal bearing face that defines an open half-space.
  • the device further includes : - a second longitudinal channel in which the stop bar can slide towards the distal end of the device, the second channel lying approximately in the same plane as the first channel and the slot of the first channel, emerging at the proximal end of the device and extending into the open half-space against the bearing face ; a first cam that closes off the distal end of the second channel and designed to form a stop surface for the distal end of the stop bar and to allow sliding from said distal end in the opposite direction to the first channel so as to produce a pivoting movement of the stop bar; at least one approximately transverse splaying cam, located proximal to the first cam, capable of cooperating with the linking strip and/or the stop bar in order to cause a lateral splaying movement of the proximal part of the stop bar away from the bearing face ; and an approximately transverse escapement cam, located between the first cam and the one or more splaying cams, capable of cooperating with the distal part of the stop bar in order to allow lateral displacement of
  • the open half-space lies outside the tubular body of this instrument. It is in this half-space that the deployment of the fastener takes place, which is therefore not impeded by the tubular body of restricted dimensions.
  • the device is capable of dispensing the fasteners with minimum trauma.
  • the first cam may generally lie in a plane orthogonal to the bearing face and is inclined, on going away from the first channel, from the proximal end of the device towards the distal end.
  • the first cam has, seen in cross section in a longitudinal plane orthogonal to the bearing face, a concave shape. It thus . forms a gutter that allows the distal end of the stop bar to be guided during its sliding movement, while preventing it from escaping.
  • the device may comprise two splaying cams designed to cause two sequenced lateral splaying movements of the proximal part of the stop bar.
  • the device may also include a longitudinal rib projecting approximately at right angles from the bearing face .
  • the proximal face of said rib forms a first ramp constituting a splaying cam.
  • the rib may have a distal part of greater height than its proximal part, the proximal face of the distal part of the rib forming a second ramp which, located distal of the first ramp, constitutes the escapement cam.
  • the device includes a cavity formed in the bearing face, in line with the first channel, proximal of the proximal face of the rib, the distal face of which constitutes a subsequent splaying cam.
  • the first channel may have a proximal part of larger transverse dimension than the distal part, a side wall of the proximal part of the first channel forming a ramp over which the distal end of the anchoring bar of a fastener can slide in order to cause the lateral displacement of said anchoring bar towards the distal part of the first channel .
  • the device may have an approximately cylindrical shape, with a diameter less than 6 mm. It may further include a proximal cylindrical appendage of smaller diameter, intended to be inserted into the distal end part of an instrument for storing, dispensing and positioning surgical fasteners.
  • the distal end of the device includes a transverse -wall" substantially flanking the distal outlet of the first channel .
  • the material added by the presence of this transverse wall provides further protection of the device and minimizes the thrust of the distal end of the device against human tissue when the fastener is being positioned.
  • the disclosure relates to an instrument for storing, dispensing and positioning recumbent I -shaped surgical fasteners.
  • the fasteners include an anchoring bar, a stop bar and a linking strip.
  • the instrument includes a gripping means provided with an actuator that can move on a body between a pushed-out position and a pushed-in position.
  • the instrument further includes an elongate tubular body in which fasteners are stored longitudinally one behind another.
  • the tubular body is fixed to the body of the gripping means and further includes a device for deploying and ejecting a fastener as described above.
  • the device is fixed to the distal end of the tubular body so that the open half-space is located outside the tubular body.
  • the instrument includes: a stationary component housed in the tubular body and a moving component housed in the tubular body so that it can be moved in longitudinal translation with respect to the stationary component by means of an advancing rod that can be actuated by the actuator.
  • the stationary and moving components are positioned along a longitudinal face and each having notches provided in said longitudinal face, with a pitch corresponding to the length of the stop bar of a fastener; and a slide placed between the longitudinal faces of the stationary and moving components, having an approximately planar main part, a distal part that bears against the proximal end of the stop bar of the proximalmost fastener and, in its proximal part, a first resilient tongue projecting towards the moving component and a second resilient tongue projecting towards the' stationary component, each capable of being engaged in a corresponding notch.
  • the geometry of the notches is designed so that the displacement of the moving component with respect to the stationary component towards the distal end of the instrument causes, by means of the first tongue being engaged in a notch of the moving component, the displacement of the slide in the same direction, until the second tongue of the slide is engaged in a notch of the stationary component.
  • the cooperation between the second tongue and a notch of the stationary component prevents the slide from returning towards the proximal end of the instrument when the moving component is displaced relative to the stationary component towards the proximal end of the instrument .
  • the stationary and moving components may have the form of semicylinders, the moving component including a radial orifice into which the curved end of the advancing rod is inserted.
  • the instrument includes, fixedly housed in the distal part of the tubular body, a magazine for storing the fasteners .
  • the magazine includes a first longitudinal housing that receives the aligned anchoring bars of the fasteners and, contiguously, an ejection rod that can be actuated by the actuator.
  • the magazine further includes a second longitudinal housing that receives the aligned stop bars of the fasteners, and a third housing, which joins the first and second housings, is configured for passage of the linking strips.
  • the gripping means may include : first and second levers that can be moved, by pushing in the actuator, between a proximal rest position and a distal end position. Movement to the end position causes longitudinal displacement in the distal direction of a rod for ejecting the distalmost fastener out of the deployment/ejection device and of a rod for advancing the fasteners in the tubular body, respectively; a member mounted so as to pivot about a pin attached to the body of the gripping means, which member includes a tooth capable of cooperating with a rack formed on one of the levers during displacement of the actuator; and a flexible return means, one end of which is connected to the pivoting member and the other end of which is connected to the body of the gripping means.
  • the elastic return means and the profile of the tooth and the rack are designed so that : when the actuator is pushed in as far as an intermediate pushed-in position, the elastic return means urges the pivoting member towards a position such that the cooperation between the tooth of the pivoting member and the rack of the lever prevents the actuator from returning to the pushed-out position from said intermediate pushed-in position; and - after the levers have reached their distalmost end position, upon releasing the actuator as far as an intermediate release position, the flexible return means urges the pivoting member towards a position such that the cooperation between the tooth of the pivoting member and the rack of the lever prevents the actuator from being pushed in from said intermediate release position.
  • a double non-return system may advantageously be obtained.
  • the rack of the lever includes, at its distal end, a tooth of larger size and the pivoting member includes, on one side, a finger and, on the other side, a tab that is capable of cooperating with a stop attached to the body of the gripping means when the finger comes into contact with the larger tooth, so that, when the actuator has been pushed in, an elastic deformation of the tab of the pivoting member in contact with the stop is necessary in order for the finger to pass beyond said larger tooth.
  • the actuator When the actuator is pushed in, the user therefore receives a tactile indication that he has reached the fully pushed-in position of the actuator, and therefore that the fastener has been suitably ejected.
  • the present disclosure also relates to a recumbent I-shaped surgical fastener having an anchoring bar, a stop bar and a linking strip, the anchoring bar and the stop bar being of solid construction.
  • the distal part of the anchoring bar of the fastener has approximately the shape of a truncated cone, the external slope of the cone, turned towards the outside of the fastener A' , being more accentuated than the internal slope turned towards the stop bar.
  • the fastener is deployed from an internal storage position, in which it has a recumbent "I" shape, to an operating position, in which it tends towards an upright "I” configuration.
  • the accentuation of the external slope of the cone allows the anchoring bar to pivot more naturally towards the stop bar when the fastener is being deployed in tissue. Pivoting of the fastener A 1 is thus favoured and its deployment towards an upright "I” configuration is thus facilitated.
  • the distal end of this distal part has a hemispherical shape.
  • the fastener penetrates more easily into tissue during its installation.
  • Figure 1 is a side view of an instrument for storing, dispensing and positioning surgical fasteners according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 2 is a side view of a recumbent I-shaped surgical fastener in the storage position
  • Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views, from the rear and front respectively, of a device for deploying and ejecting a surgical fastener according to an embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 5 is a sectional view of the deployment/ejection device, in a longitudinal plane; - Figures 6 to 15 illustrate successive steps in the deployment and ejection of a fastener;
  • Figure 16 is a side view showing the mechanism of the instrument, housed inside the gripping means,-
  • Figure 17 is a perspective view of the slide in the tubular body for advancing the fasteners
  • Figure 18 is a partial schematic view of a series of fasteners that are stored in a magazine, and of the distal end of the slide of Figure 17;
  • - Figure 19 is a partial cross-sectional view of the tubular body in the region that receives the magazine;
  • Figures 20 to 21 are schematic representations in a lateral sectional view of the fastener-advancing system
  • FIGS 23 and 24 are detailed views of the inside of the gripping means, showing the non-return system of the actuator;
  • Figures 25 to 27 are detailed views of the inside of the gripping means, showing the system for indicating the end of push-in travel of the actuator;
  • Figure 28 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the deployment/ejection device; and - Figure 29 is a side view of another embodiment of a fastener intended to be ejected and deployed by means of the deployment/ejection device.
  • the instrument 1 shown in Figure 1 is designed to dispense fasteners A which have, as shown in Figure 2, the general shape of a recumbent "I" and are composed of two parallel bars, namely an anchoring bar 2 and a stop bar 3, joined together by a linking strip 4.
  • the fastener A is made of plastic, especially a biocompatible and preferably bioresorbable material.
  • the distal part 2a of the anchoring bar 2 has a conical shape.
  • This distal part 2a may include a notch 2b projecting towards the stop bar 3 in order to protect the anchoring bar 2/linking strip 4 intersection, which is stressed at the moment when the fastener A is ejected and positioned.
  • the distal end 2c of the anchoring bar 2 has a hemispherical shape.
  • proximal relates to a location closer to the user of the instrument 1
  • distal relates to a location further from the user.
  • the stop bar 3 has a distal end 3a and a proximal end 3b, and has a length L.
  • the linking strip 4 is joined to the anchoring bar 2, approximately at the center of the latter, and is joined to the stop bar 3 in a region close to the center of the stop bar 3, but slightly offset towards its proximal end 3b.
  • the length L of the anchoring bar may measure 6.5 mm and the anchoring bar/linking strip join is offset by about 0.5 mm with respect to the center of the anchoring bar, towards the distal end of the anchoring bar.
  • the proximal part, or alternatively the distal part, of the stop bar 3 is defined as that part of the stop bar 3 which is located between its proximal end 3b, or alternatively its distal end 3a, and the linking region between the stop bar 3 and the linking strip 4.
  • the fastener A In the storage position in the instrument 1, the fastener A is folded so that the linking strip 4 has two curved regions (in the vicinity of its points of attachment to the anchoring bar 2 and the stop bar 3) , and a central zone approximately parallel to the bars
  • the height H of the fastener may be about 5 mm or less. In embodiments, the height H of the fastener is no more than 4 mm.
  • the instrument 1 includes a gripping means B to which a tubular body C having a longitudinal axis is fixed.
  • a socket D surrounds the junction region between these two elements.
  • the tubular body C includes, as will be seen later, a first zone Cl containing a step-by-step system for advancing the fasteners A followed by a second zone C2 in which the fasteners A are stored.
  • a device 5 Fixedly mounted on the distal end of the tubular body C is a device 5 for deploying and ejecting the fasteners A, said device projecting beyond the distal end of the tubular body C.
  • the longitudinal mid-plane of the instrument 1 is defined as the plane passing through the axis of the tubular body C and dividing the gripping means B into two approximately identical parts (corresponding to the plane in which the gripping means B is shown in Figure 16) .
  • the term "transverse” denotes a direction generally perpendicular to this plane, or a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body C.
  • the deployment/ejection device 5 will now be described with reference to Figures 3 to 5.
  • the device 5 has an approximately cylindrical shape, with a diameter of about 5 mm or less . In the example shown, it is formed from a single metal component. In one embodiment the device may be made of plastic and/or formed from several components.
  • the proximal part of the device 5 forms a cylindrical appendage 6 intended to be introduced into the tubular body C.
  • the distal part 7 of the device 5 has a larger diameter, approximately identical to the outside diameter of the tubular body C, and thus defines a shoulder 8 that butts against the distal end of this body C.
  • the distal part 7 has the form of a semicylinder bounded by a bearing face 76 which, in the position in which the device 5 is fitted onto the instrument 1, lies generally in the longitudinal mid-plane of the instrument. Thus defined is an open half-space - except upstream - which allows the fastener A to be satisfactorily deployed.
  • the distal end 9 of the device 5 is approximately planar and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. This distal end 9 of the device 5 may be slightly domed, provided that its mean plane is generally orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the device 5.
  • the device 5 includes a first longitudinal channel 10 offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device 5.
  • the first channel 10 is located in the top of the device 5, recognizing that this device 5, once fitted onto the instrument 1, may adopt various positions in space during use.
  • the first channel 10 has a larger cross section, for reasons that will be explained later.
  • Figure 5 which is a sectional view in a plane passing through the longitudinal axis of the device and orthogonal to the longitudinal mid-plane, the junction zone between the proximal and distal parts of the first channel 10 forms a ramp 12 inclined from the proximal end towards the distal end, and towards the axis of the cylindrical distal part of the first channel 10.
  • the lower zone of the distal part 7 of the device 5 has a shorter length than the first channel 10.
  • This lower zone includes a longitudinal rib 13 , lying below the slot 11, substantially along the longitudinal axis of the device 5 and extending substantially from the middle of the distal part 7 right to the distal end of the lower zone.
  • the rib 13 includes a proximal part 14, the proximal face 15 of which forms a ramp, a higher distal part 16 of the rib 13 has proximal face 17 which also forms a ramp.
  • a protuberance 18 on the distal part 16 of the rib 13 extends downwards and has a triangular shape in side view.
  • a proximal face 19 of protuberance 18 is orthogonal to the longitudinal mid-plane and inclined downwards from the proximal end of the device 5 towards the distal end 9.
  • this proximal face 19 has a concave shape, seen in section in a longitudinal plane orthogonal to the longitudinal mid-plane.
  • the device 5 further includes a second longitudinal channel 20, offset downwards with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device 5.
  • the second channel 20 is opened laterally and defined by a zone 21 set back with respect to the longitudinal mid-plane lying beneath the rib 13.
  • the second channel 20 is approximately cylindrical and joined to the first channel 10 by a longitudinal housing 22 of downwardly elongate cross section.
  • the device 5 includes a cavity 23 provided in the wall 24 of the first channel 10, in the distal part 7 of the device 5, upstream of the proximal face 15 of the rib 13 and close to the shoulder 8.
  • the cavity 23 has a distal face 25 generally orthogonal to the longitudinal mid-plane.
  • Figures 6 to 15 show the various phases resulting in the deployment and ejection of a fastener A out of the instrument 1 by means of the device 5, with a view to fixing a prosthesis 26 to human tissue 27.
  • Second cam 15 causes a first lateral splaying movement of the proximal part of the stop bar 3 , as shown in top view in Figure 9.
  • the proximal part of the stop bar 3 then comes into contact with the cavity 23 ( Figure 10) .
  • the distal part of the stop bar 3 continues to slide downwards against the proximal face 19.
  • the angle of pivoting of the stop bar 3 progressively increases and the proximal part of the stop bar 3 cooperates with the distal face 25 of the cavity 23, forming a third cam 25.
  • the lateral splaying of the proximal part of the stop bar 3 increases ( Figure 11) . This lateral splaying allows the stop bar 3 to avoid the lower face of the first channel 10, which would otherwise prevent the continuation of the pivoting movement.
  • the proximal part of the stop bar 3 slides against the wall 24 of the first channel 10 until the distal part of the stop bar 3 comes into contact with the proximal face 17 of the distal part 16 of the rib 13, forming a fourth cam 17 ( Figure 12) .
  • This movement results in the lateral displacement of the distal part of the stop bar 3 , which escapes from the proximal face 19.
  • the stop bar 3 is then approximately upright ( Figure 13) .
  • the continuation of the thrusting movement of the anchoring bar 2 results in it being completely ejected from the device 5 ( Figure 14) and then pivoted, at least through an angle of at least 30° with the linking strip 4 and preferably an angle ranging up to 90° with this linking strip 4.
  • the anchoring , bar 2 pivots until it is approximately parallel to the upright stop bar 3, which is pressed against the prosthesis 26, the linking strip 4 then being approximately perpendicular to the two bars 2 , 3 and the fastener A adopting an upright "I" configuration.
  • the fastener A holds the prosthesis 26 against the human tissue 27.
  • the instrument 1 will now be described in greater detail.
  • the gripping means B includes a body 28, made in two symmetrical parts assembled by force-fitting them or by means of rivets or screws, and an actuator 29 mounted so as to move on the body 28 in an articulated fashion about a transverse pin 30 of the body 28, between a pushed-in position and a pushed-out position.
  • a spring 31 urges the actuator 29 towards its pushed-out position.
  • Housed in the body 29 are the following: a first control lever 32 articulated to a transverse pin 33 of the body 28, the upper part of said control lever 32 including two projections 34 separated laterally from each other (only one of them being visible in Figure 16) ; and a second control lever 35 articulated to a transverse pin 36, housed between the two projections 34 of the first lever 32.
  • the first lever 32 has a circularly arcuate lower end provided with rack 37 and, in its distal part, with a larger tooth 38. These projections 34 have a cam-shaped distal face 39. Furthermore, the first lever 32 includes, in the central part, a projection 40 capable of cooperating with a transverse lug 41 provided on the second lever 35. The latter includes a cavity, the bottom of which forms a transverse cam 42.
  • the body 28 of the gripping means B also contains a pivoting member 43 articulated to a transverse pin 44 of the body 28.
  • This pivoting member 43 includes a tooth 45a (visible in Figures 23 and 24) capable of cooperating with the rack 37 of the first lever 32, a finger 45, larger than the tooth 45a, and a tab 46 projecting away from the finger 45.
  • a spring 47 links the pivoting member 43 to a transverse pin 48 of the body 28.
  • the gripping means B is completed, inside the socket D, with a cylindrical ferrule 49 in which, inside a spacer 50, a piston 51 is fitted.
  • the piston 51 has a thinner proximal end part 52 , introduced between the two projections 34 of the first lever 32 and, on either side of the proximal end part 52 and distal thereof, two curve surfaces 53 that can cooperate with the cam 39 of the projections 34.
  • An ejection rod 54 is fixed (for example welded) to the distal end of the piston 51, near its periphery. This rod 54 extends longitudinally, approximately as far as the distal end of the tubular body C.
  • the piston 51 has an approximately central longitudinal bore in which an advancing rod 55 can slide.
  • the advancing rod 55 has a proximal end that can cooperate with the cam 42 of the second lever 35 and a curved distal end 56, located in the zone Cl of the tubular body C.
  • the tubular body C includes a hollow metal envelope 57 (cf . Figure 19) in which various elements are housed.
  • this magazine 58 Fixedly mounted in the second zone C2 of the tubular body C is a magazine 58 for storing the fasteners A.
  • this magazine 58 comprises a first longitudinal housing 59 that receives the aligned anchoring bars 2 of the fasteners A and, contiguously, the ejection rod 54, a second longitudinal housing 60 that receives the aligned stop bars 3 of the fasteners A, and a third housing 61, which joins the first and second housings 59, 60, for passage of the linking strips 4.
  • These housings 59, 60 and 61 are placed in alignment with the channels 10, 20 and with the housing 22 (cf. Figure 3) that are provided in the device 5.
  • the ejection rod 54 and the magazine 58 have been truncated in their proximal part in order to make it easier to understand the figure, all the fasteners A being in fact housed in the magazine 58.
  • the magazine 58 may be made in several sections joined together longitudinally.
  • the first zone Cl of the tubular body C contains a step-by-step advancing system for the fasteners A, which system will now be described with reference to Figures 17 to 22.
  • Component 62 is fixed in the envelope 57 of the tubular body C and is stationary relative to the tubular body
  • Component 63 which can move relative to the stationary component 62 is also positioned in the envelope 57. Both these components have the shape of semicylinders superposed along their longitudinal face
  • each of the components 62, 63 are notches 64, arranged with a pitch
  • Each notch 64 has an upright transverse proximal edge 65 and a distal edge 66 inclined to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body C towards the periphery of the latter, upon moving away from the distal end of the tubular body C towards this proximal end.
  • the stationary component 62 has a proximal cylindrical part 67 that defines a transverse stop surface 68.
  • the moving component 63 includes, near its proximal end, a radial orifice 69 into which the curved end 56 of the advancing rod 55 is inserted. In addition, a channel
  • the slide 70 comprises an approximately planar main part 71, a wider distal part 72 and, in its proximal part, first and second splayed- apart resilient tongues 73, 74.
  • the slide 70 is for example formed from a metal sheet, cut and then folded onto itself, which may be bonded at the main 71 and distal 72 parts, but not at the tongue 73, 74, which are curved away from each other.
  • the slide 70 is mounted such that the first tongue 73, projecting towards the moving component 63, is engaged in the proximal notch 64 of component 63, and the second tongue 74, projecting towards the stationary component 62, is engaged in the proximal notch 64 of component 62.
  • the moving component 63 is in contact with the transverse stop surface 68 of the stationary component 62, and the notches 64 of the components 62,
  • the proximal edge 65 of the proximal notch 64 of the moving component 63 pushes the first tongue 73 downstream.
  • the slide 70 is therefore displaced downstream (the second tongue 74 deforming elastically in order to come into the plane of the main part 71 of the slide 70) and, at the end of the movement, the second tongue 74 is housed in the notch
  • the second lever 35 remains immobile, as therefore do the advancing rod 55, the moving component 63, the slide 70 and the fasteners A (with the exception of the most downstream one) .
  • the pivoting of the first lever 32 continues, which, through the cooperation between the cams 39 of the projections 34 and the curve surfaces 53 of the piston 51, results in the ejection rod 54 sliding longitudinally downstream.
  • the sliding of the rods 54, 55 is not the same, this being made possible by the fact that the advancing rod 55 slides in the piston 51 to which the ejection rod 54 is fixed.
  • the distal end of the ejection rod 54 then pushes the anchoring bar 2 of the fastener A located furthest downstream into the deployment/ejection device 5. Via the steps described above ( Figures 6 to 15) , the anchoring bar 2 is ejected into the tissue 27, while the stop bar 3 pivots and the fastener A is deployed.
  • the longitudinal travel of the ejection rod 54 is, for example, about 24 mm.
  • pivoting member 43 Before use, the pivoting member 43 is in the neutral position, as shown in Figure 16.
  • the spring 47 urges the pivoting member 43 (indicated by the arrow F in Figure 23) in such a way that the tooth 45a, engaged in the rack 37, prevents the actuator 29 from returning to the pushed- out position from said intermediate position.
  • the user is forced to continue to press on the actuator in order for the procedure of advancing, deploying and ejecting the fastener A to be completely finished. It is important that the movement of pushing in the actuator be accomplished right to the end by the user so as to avoid damaging both the prosthesis and the instrument.
  • the spring 47 urges the pivoting member 43 (indicated by the arrow F' in Figure 24) in such a way that the tooth 45a, engaged in the rack 37, prevents the actuator 29 from being pushed in from said intermediate position.
  • the user cannot start a new cycle (advance of the train of fasteners and ejection of the distalmost fastener) until the mechanism has been returned to its rest position. This prevents the mechanism from becoming blocked and guarantees successful ejection of each of the fasteners A.
  • Fastener A' has no notch.
  • Fastener A' of Figure 29 has the general shape of a recumbent "I" in the storage state.
  • the references denoting the same elements as in Figure 2 have been preserved.
  • the fastener A' comprises an anchoring bar 2 joined to a stop bar 3 via a linking strip 4.
  • the anchoring bar 2 and the stop bar 3 are of solid construction. The anchoring bar 2 and the stop bar 3 therefore do not comprise any hole.
  • the fastener A 1 may be made of biocompatible and bioresorbable plastic.
  • the distal end 2c of the anchoring bar 2 has a hemispherical shape and the distal part 2a of the anchoring bar 2 has approximately the shape of a truncated cone, the external slope 2d of the cone, turned towards the outside of the fastener, being however more accentuated than the internal slope 2e, turned towards the stop bar 3.
  • This accentuation of the external slope 2d of the cone allows the anchoring bar 2 of the fastener A 1 to pivot more naturally towards the stop bar 3 when the fastener is being positioned in tissue, as shown in Figures 13 to 15 - pivoting of the fastener A' is thus favored and its deployment towards an upright "I" configuration is thus facilitated.
  • the first channel 10 is approximately cylindrical and has a longitudinal slot 11 opened downwards. This first channel 10 emerges at its distal end near the distal end 9 of the device 5.
  • Figure 28 shows an alternative embodiment of the device 5 of Figure 4, in which the distal end 9 of the device 5 includes a transverse wall 9a substantially flanking the distal outlet of the first channel 10. The material added by the presence of this transverse wall 9a provides further protection of the device 5 - and minimizes the thrust of the distal end 9 of the device
  • the invention therefore provides a definite improvement over the prior art, by providing a device for deploying and ejecting surgical fasteners and an instrument for storing, dispensing and positioning them that can be used in small-diameter trocars, while still guaranteeing satisfactory deployment of the fasteners and, consequently, very good retention of a prosthesis against human flesh.

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Dispositif (5) conçu pour être fixé à l'extrémité distale d'un instrument de mise en place d'attaches, ledit dispositif (5) comprenant une extrémité distale transversale plane (9), un premier passage longitudinal divisé (10) et un deuxième passage longitudinal (20) dans lesquels la barrette d'ancrage et la barrette de butée d'une attache peuvent respectivement coulisser. Le dispositif présente une face d'appui longitudinale définissant un demi-espace. Le dispositif comprend en outre : une came (19) formant une surface de butée/coulissement pour l'extrémité distale de la barrette de butée de façon à lui communiquer un mouvement pivotant; des cames (15, 25) pour l'évasement latéral de la partie proximale de la barrette de butée; et une came d'échappée (17) permettant le déplacement latéral de la partie distale de la barrette de butée et son dégagement de la première came.
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