An access device for a heart chamber, a removable hemostatic valve unit, and a system including a cardiac assist unit are disclosed. In examples, the access device) includes an apical base plate and a sealing unit configured to provide a separation of a wet zone from a heart chamber and a dry zone with a gaseous environment outside of said heart chamber inside a patient body at the same time.

An access device for a heart chamber, a removable hemostatic valve unit, and a system including a cardiac assist unit are disclosed. In examples, the access device) includes an apical base plate and a sealing unit configured to provide a separation of a wet zone from a heart chamber and a dry zone with a gaseous environment outside of said heart chamber inside a patient body at the same time.

An access device for a heart chamber, a removable hemostatic valve unit, and a system including a cardiac assist unit are disclosed. In examples, the access device) includes an apical base plate and a sealing unit configured to provide a separation of a wet zone from a heart chamber and a dry zone with a gaseous environment outside of said heart chamber inside a patient body at the same time.

The invention relates to tissue anchor in medical procedures. More specifically the invention relates to a tethered anchor. Tethered anchor including a tether portion and an anchor portion that are continuously braided with one another, the tether portion extending continuously from the anchor portion; and the anchor portion having a greater width than a width of the tether portion.

A laparoscopic suturing device is provided. The suturing device can pass a suturing needle back and forth between jaws of a jaw assembly to suture tissue at a surgical site in a minimally invasive procedure. The jaw assembly can have a pivotable jaw member in each jaw to position the jaw assembly and needle in a low-profile stowed configuration for insertion through a low diameter surgical port. The jaw assembly can be actuated by a handle assembly that provides simultaneous needle passing from a driving jaw to a receiving jaw and latching the needle within the receiving jaw in a single trigger cycle.

An implantable cerclage sacrocolpopexy medical device includes an elongate strip of flat, flexible material extending longitudinally from a first end to an opposite second end; a surgical needle attached to the first end of the elongate strip; and a loop at either the first end or the second end of the elongate strip. The medical device is positioned circumferentially around the cervix. The end of the elongate strip opposite the end having the loop is passed through the loop and attached to the sacrum or sacrospinous ligament.

A suture assembly may include a needle having a cylindrical body with a sharp point on at least one end, a lumen extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body, and a recess in communication with an opening to the lumen. A suture extends through the lumen and is secured within the recess of the needle by a sleeve extending over the needle.

A wound closure system and a method of reducing the size of an open wound are disclosed. A suture line is sutured through body tissue adjacent an open wound, the suture line sutured so as to pass into the body tissue at an entry point and exit at an exit point, the suture line including a plurality of barbs extending outwardly at an acute angle with respect to a surface of the suture line. A biasing member applies a continuous pulling force on the suture line for stretching the body tissue toward the open wound, wherein the biasing member is configured to take up any slack of the suture line during stretching of the body tissue and keep the suture line taut.

A suture passer is provided, defining a longitudinal axis and comprising a jaw assembly configured to be operated to selectively grip an internal tissue of a patient, and a needle mechanism configured to be operated to place a suture on the tissue. The assembly comprises a stationary first jaw portion and a second jaw portion pivotable about a jaw axis with respect to the first jaw portion between a closed position and an open position, the jaw assembly being configured to hold a thread for the suture. The needle mechanism comprises a needle being configured for piercing the tissue and pulling the thread from the jaw assembly, and a carrying member at a first end thereof being pivotable, independently of the second jaw portion, with respect to the first jaw portion, the needle being hingedly articulated to a second end of the carrying member.

Generally, a suturing system including apparatus and methods for reinforcing a substrate through which a thread passes. Specifically, embodiments of a thread carrier which passes through a substrate reinforcement element adjoining a substrate to reinforce the substrate at a first location and at a second location through which the thread passes.