System for use with tissue of a heart comprises a tissue anchor comprising an engaging head that has a coupling eyelet that defines an eyelet plane, and a helical tissue-coupling element, reversibly anchorable to the tissue, and having a central helix axis that lies on the eyelet plane. The system also comprises an anchor driver, having a distal portion that has a casing that defines a slot, the slot defining a slot plane, and dimensioned to receive at least part of the eyelet therein in a manner in which the eyelet plane is coplanar with the slot plane. The anchor driver also comprises a detent, configured to reversibly inhibit movement of the eyelet with respect to the slot. The anchor driver is configured to anchor the tissue anchor to the tissue by rotating the tissue anchor by applying a rotational force to the eyelet. Other embodiments are also provided.

The present invention relates to a laparoscopic surgery instrument that does not require a trocar, the laparoscopic surgery instrument including: a first part inserted into the body of the abdominal cavity and provided with a surgical instrument; and a second part placed outside the body of the abdominal cavity and coupled to the first part to manipulate the operation state of the surgical instrument, wherein the first part and the second part are primarily coupled to each other by magnetic force while the first part is inserted into the body.

A garment tourniquet device includes a pair of pants that has a pair of legs and a pair of channels each integrated into each of a respective one of the pair of legs. A pair of tourniquets is each positioned in the channel in a respective one of the pair of legs of the pair of pants. A respective one of the pair of tourniquets is pullable into a tightened condition to tighten around the femoral artery in the respective user's leg thereby inhibiting the arterial bleeding in the user's respective leg. A pair of clasps is each attached to a respective one of the pair of tourniquets. A respective one of the pair of tourniquets is wrapped around the clasp to for retaining the respective tourniquet in the tightened condition.

An exemplary catheter for use in a body lumen comprises: a catheter body; and a plurality of shock wave emitters disposed at a distal end of the catheter body, each shock wave emitter configured to generate a shock wave that propagates distally of the catheter body, wherein the plurality of shock wave emitters are arrayed about a longitudinal axis of the catheter body such that shock waves emitted from the plurality of shock wave emitters can constructively interfere distally of the catheter body, and wherein each shock wave emitter comprises electrodes separated by a spark gap and at least one electrical connector that connects at least one of the electrodes to an electrode of another shock wave emitter of the plurality of shock wave emitters.

Disclosed is a device for detecting a pressure, of the type including a detection element on which a pressure is exerted, a transducer connected to the detection element and an elastically deformable shell. The shell is made of biocompatible and sterilizable material, has two opposing walls and an insertion opening, and the detection element includes at least one elastically deformable tube, the tube includes a portion arranged in the shell, the tube is closed at one end and filled with a fluid, the other end of the tube being open, arranged outside the shell and connected to the transducer.

An awl-tap-dilator tool used in a single step surgical technique, includes an elongated shaft having a beveled tip at a distal end, a drill-tap section adjacent to the beveled tip, and a dilator section adjacent to the drill-tap section. The beveled tip is used for piercing a bone and locate an appropriate trajectory under fluoroscopy. The drill-tap section is used for drilling and tapping the bone in order to form a bone opening. The dilator section surrounds the elongated shaft, has a larger diameter than the elongated shaft, and is used for dilating tissue around and above the bone opening.

An assembly of a medical delivery device includes an inner sleeve including a flange at a proximal end. The flange includes one or more through holes. The assembly also includes an outer sleeve movably coupled to the inner sleeve. A distal tip of the outer sleeve includes a plurality of openings for delivering an adhesive to a treatment site. The assembly further includes a cavity formed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve and configured to hold the adhesive prior to the delivering. The assembly yet further includes one or more actuators connected to a proximal end of the outer sleeve and extended via the one or more through holes to a handle of the medical delivery device. Actuation of the one or more actuators moves one of the inner sleeve or the outer sleeve relative to the other to cause the delivering of the adhesive.

Devices and methods for trial-fitting smart medical implants are disclosed. A trial fitting device for a smart implant includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, a head portion attached to the shaft such that the head portion rotates with the shaft, and a rotational indicator disposed on the shaft and/or the handle, the rotational indicator configured to indicate a rotational orientation of the head portion. The trial fitting device further includes a telemetry gauge disposed on the shaft and/or the handle, the telemetry gauge configured to indicate a threshold distance from the head portion.

A microinvasive surgery device includes a body element, a tube component, a plurality of tools each having an operative portion to contact a target and a proximal portion, a magazine having a plurality of chambers each configured to receive a tool, a tool interchange mechanism, and a power supply arrangement. The tool interchange mechanism activates a tool by advancing the tool through the tube component and mounting the tool to a distal portion of the tube component, and deactivates the tool by demounting the tool and retracting the tool through the tube component. The power supply arrangement provides electricity to a proximal portion of a tool when the tool is mounted. Each tool is configured either to transmit electricity through the proximal portion to the operative portion or to electrically isolate the proximal portion so that no electrical transmission to the operative portion is possible when the tool is mounted.