| abstract |
The self securing suture includes a suture having at least one terminal end and a toggle threat. In one embodiment, the suture toggle is a bar. In another embodiment the suture is a wire and the toggle is a wire element toggle. In a further embodiment, the toggle is angled with respect to the suture filament. The suture delivery system includes a slotted needle configured such that a protruding tab or leg of the toggle bar fits within slot of the needle. For wire sutures, an open loop wire element toggle fits within the slotted needle. In another embodiment, a depending wire tip, from the wire element toggle, fits within the slot and the needle. In a further embodiment, the toggle is angled and the acute angle cavity catches on the lumen of the needle and extends outboard thereof. In use, after the needle pierces the bodily structure blood vessel, tissue or organ, the tab, leg, depending wire tip, open loop wire segment or angulated and protruding toggle head segment coacts with the inboard portion of the bodily structure, blood vessel, tissue or organ, and, as the delivery needle is with drawn, the toggle at the terminal end of the suture remains in the bodily structure, tissue or organ. The toggle is then fully deployed being generally normally disposed (perpendicular) or angled with respect to the length or axial center line of the suture. Wen the suture has two suture toggles, one at each terminal end of a suture thread or suture wire body, the physician can easily deploy the suture toggles on either side of an arterial puncture site ( for example), tie off the suture thread or suture wire body and thereby close the puncture. <IMAGE> |