CA2136442C - Sheath for wound closure caused by a medical tubular device - Google Patents
Sheath for wound closure caused by a medical tubular deviceInfo
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- A61B17/12—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord
- A61B2017/12004—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord for haemostasis, for prevention of bleeding
Abstract
A tubular sheath (36) is disclosed which is slidably disposed over a tubular medical device which tubular medical device (70) is positioned at a body tissue access site. The sheath (36) is deposited within a patient to assist in sealing the incision caused by the tubular medical device (70) and inhibit internal and external bleeding. The sheath (36) includes a generally rigid outer coating (83) and an absorbable and expandable inner core (84), which when positioned, in situ, at the accessed opening of the patient's body part can function as a vascular plug.
Description
21364~2 SHEATH FOR WOUND CLOSURE CAUSED BY A
MEDICAL TUBULAR DEVICE
This invention relates generally to a device for use with or in combination with a wide range of medical instruments which device is left in situ within the patient, after and/or during use of the medical instrument, for purposes of avoiding or preventing hemorrhagic complications arising from the wound caused by the instrument.
The invention is particularly applicable to a cardiovascular device and process in the general form of a hollow tubular sheath deposited in the patient's tissue area to inhibit bleeding and seal or plug the access site and will be described with particular reference thereto. However, it is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention has broader medical applications and is not to be limited to-its use as a cardiovascular plug.
Reference should be made to U.S. Patents 5,080,655 of January 1, 1992; 4,936,835 of June 26, 1990;
4,838,280 of June 13, 1989; 3,358,684 of December 19, 1987; and 3,106,483 for subject matter relative to this lnventlon .
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S There are numerous medical procedures and devices in use today in which a medical device, generally tubular, such as a laparoscope, trocar, electrode, probe, introducer, or the like i5 inserted into the abdomen, chest, or body parts of a patient for performing some procedure or inspection 0 after which the device is withdrawn. When the device is inserted, a wound results and hemorrhagic complications arise during the insertion and/or removal of the device.
Until my invention, there was no known device which ad-dressed the hemorrhagic complications arising from the S wound. If complications arose, the wound was treated in accordance with sound medical practice employing convention-al techniques.
Within the prior art, the use of gelatin as a substance for making medication capsules for internal use and adapted 0 to be absorbed by enzyme action or other physiological pro-cesses within the body is well known. Also, the use of gel-atin material for various surgical techniques has been well documented. In particular, the use of a gelatin material in a "sponge" form or as a foam is commercially available from S the Upjohn ~orr~ny under the trademark "Gelfoam~. Gelfoam with and without thrombin, a protein which is active at the last stage of clot formation and functions to change fibrinogen to fibrin, has been used in surgery in virtually all organ systems including prostrate, brain, 0 musculoskeletal, vascular graphs and other areas without adverse complications. The use of gelatin as a coating for a fabric, blood-vessel graft is disclosed in U.S. Patent no.
3,106,483 to Kline et al dated October 8, 1963.
~ 2136~42 The use of hardened gelatin as forming a part of a surgical instrument is disclosed in U.S. Patent No .
3,358,684 to Marshall dated December 19, 1967. In Marshall, the distal cutting edge of a cannula which is used as a parenteral injection device is formed from a thiolated gelatin material. Specifically, the gelatin distal tip punctures a vein, and eventually dissolves, leaving the proximal portion of the cannula within the vein for administrating parenteral solutions. The cannula can be thus left in situ without vein damage which would otherwise arise from the presence of a sharp needle or the removal of the sharp needle from the vein. In this sense, the prior art recognizes that it is known to use gelatin as a surgical instrument which can be dissolved at the insertion site.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A) Invention as disclosed in my prior application(s).
In my U.S. Patent 4,838,280, I disclosed a hemostatic sheath made of a bioabsorbable material, such as gelatin, which was slidably disposed over a biopsy needle. The needle caused a wound and the gelatin sheath plugged the wound after the needle was removed to enhance blood clotting and avoid hemorrhagic complications. The gelatin, being bioabsorbable, eventually dissolves, thus eliminating any need for post surgical treatment of the wound.
In my U.S. Patent 4,936,835, I disclosed several variations and extensions of my sheath. Insofar as this invention is concerned, I disclose a non-bioabsorbable sheath for use with a needle in which the sheath was dimen-sionally sized to compress the wound caused by the needle puncture which compression of the patient's tissue minimized bleeding. Optionally the sheath was coated with thrombin, a substance recognized for its blood clotting abilities.
Still more specifically, it was recognized in my '835 patent that the gelatin sheath could also be sized to achieve.
W093/25255 PCT/US93/05~0 compression of the tissue wound and that gelatin, in its initial hardened state, could be easily inserted into the site. The non-bioabsorbable sheath embodiment, however, permits access to the puncture site for subsequent insertion of medical devices through the sheath.
B) Preferred embodiment of invention.
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a universal sheath applicable to a wide variety of tubular medical instruments or devices which cause a punc-ture in the patient's abdomen, chest, body part, etc. (or which is used with a tubular device after the puncture is caused) to minimize bleeding or hemorrhagic complications from the wound caused by the device.
This object, along with other features of the inven-tion, is achieved in the broad sense of the invention, by a tubular medical device, such as a medical instrument, which device is inserted through the skin of the patient and at least into the patient's subcutaneous tissue, and to which a hollow tubular sheath is slidably disposed on said tubular device. A pusher mechanism associated with the medical de-vice is used for depositing the sheath in situ at the wound for ~; n;~; zing hemorrhagic complications arising from the wound. The device could be a laparascope, a trocar, an electrode, a probe, a biopsy needle, an introducer, or the like. The device need not cause the puncture in the body tissue. Another instrument could cause the puncture and the hemostatic sheath slidably mounted on a tubular introducer which, when removed, leaves the sheath as an in situ plug.
The sheath could be positioned in situ either when the medi-cal device is in use or placed in situ at the accessed tis-sue opening while the medical instrument or the device is removed.
In accordance with a more specific feature of the in-vention, the tubular medical device is used to access an opening formed in a body part such as a blood vessel, abdo-men, kidney, etc., and the sheath is positioned, in situ, at W093/25255 2 1 3 6 ~ 4 2 PCT/US93/05~0 accessed opening in the body part to plug or seal the open-ing from body fluid leakage whiIe also preventing bleeding from the subcutaneous tissue adjacent the body part. The wound thus caused in the patient is treated by positioning the sheath of the invention at the tissue of the body part where the body part has been accessed by the medical device.
In accordance with a specific important feature of the insertion, the outside diameter or size of the tubular sheath is sized larger than the opening at which the tissue has been accessed so that the wound is compressed to mini-mize bleeding.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the sheath can be either bioabsorbable (for reasons dis-cussed below) or non-absorbable and made from common materi-als tolerated by the tissue such as collagen, gelatin, cel-lulose, body tolerant polymers, and other materials. In all instances, the sheath has an outer shell or casing in its initial state which becomes slippery when in contact with body fluids, such as blood, to permit the sheath to be read-ily inserted into the access opening.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, the tubular sheath is constructed of an absorbent material with an outer casing or alternatively, an outer coating which is relatively hard in its initial dry state whereby the absorbent material, upon exposure to body fluids, dimen-sionally swells to occlude the central opening of the sheath and plug the tissue access site. The absorbent material can be either bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable depending on the application. Preferably the outer coating (or outer casing) is bioabsorbable (such as hardened gelatin) to per-mit the sheath to be easily positioned at the access site which coating readily dissolves to permit radially-outward expansion of the absorbent material further compressing the tissue access site and mi nimi zing bleeding. Thus, in accor-- 35 dance with a still further specific feature of the inven-tion, the thickness of the outer coating is, depending on W093/2~255 2 1 3 6 4 ~ 2 ` PCT/US93/05~0 the particular medical application, predetermined so that the absorbent material dimensionally expands radially~
wardly to occlude the opening before the outer coating is bio-absorbed and expands rad~i~lly-outwardly.
Still yet another important aspect of the invention is the formation of the tubular sheath with a soft, sticky distal axial end portion such as that which can be formed from soft collagen and a rigid, proximal axial end portion such as that achieved by an outer coating or an outer casing of hardened gelatin whereby the accessed opening formed in a blood vessel such as an artery is plugged by the distal end of the sheath conforming to the shape of the wall of the vessel when the sheath is pushed against the blood vessel.
When the sheath is pushed against the vessel wall, the ab-sorbent material expands to occlude the central opening in the sheath as noted above to seal the vessel, body part, etc.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the tubular sheath is slit longitudinally from its distal axial end to its proximal axial end whereby the sheath can be stretched or radially expanded and applied to the tubular medical instrument or device after the instrument or device has been inserted into the patient. In this manner, the sheath is not contaminated prior to insertion. That is, some medical treatments take several hours or more to com-plete. During this time, the sheath could otherwise become contaminated by body fluids from the patient escaping the skin surface area and splattering into the sheath, causing a premature expansion of the absorbable sheath material and/or dissolving of the outer coating adversely affecting place-ment of the sheath at the tissue access site.
In accordance with still another aspect of the inven-tion, the hemostatic sheath contains a blood clotting chemi-cal, typically the enzyme thrombin, to accelerate blood clotting about the blood vessel wall to help reduce W093/25255 2 1 3 fi 4 ~ 2 PCT/US93/05~0 internal bleeding and minimize complications resulting from such bleeding.
One of the objects of the present invention is to pro-vide a hemostatic sheath having a generally rigid outer cas-ing and an absorbable inner core which can be deposited on a blood vessel wall to inhibit and prevent blood from escaping from the blood vessel.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a hemostatic sheath which can be applied to a medical device after the medical device has been inserted into the tissue area for preventing bleeding from the wound caused by the medical device.
Yet still a further object of the invention is to pro-vide a hemostatic sheath with a sticky tip which readily attaches to the blood vessel wall or the tissue of the body part which has been accessed by a tubular medical device to prevent loss of body fluid from the accessed site.
Another object of the invention is to provide a sheath which contains an expandable, highly absorbable inner core which permits the sheath to plug the accessed site of a body part.
Yet another object of the present invention is to pro-vide a sheath with a generally rigid outer core which be-comes slippery when in contact with fluids to permit easy in situ application of the sheath.
Yet still another object of the present invention is to provide a sheath with a bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable outer shell or coating and a bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable inner core to prevent hemorrhagic complica-tions from a wound to avoid post surgical treatment of the wound.
Another object of the invention is to provide an in situ sheath which in addition to preventing bleeding at the site also seals or plugs the tissue access opening.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a process for applying a sheath in situ to prevent hemorrhagic complications arising from a wound generally, and more specifically bleeding from the subcutaneous tissue and still more specifically bleeding form the subcutaneous tissue and loss of body fluid (including blood) arising from the opening formed in the body part.
A still further object of the invention is to provide an in situ vascular plug to minimize bleeding from a puncture or a tissue access opening in a body part no matter how formed.
Still yet another object of the invention is to provide a sheath in combination with a tubular pushing device to permit universal application of the sheath to the tissue of a body access site for a wide variety of medical instruments and/or introducers for preventing bleeding of the wound and thus obviate post surgical treatment of the wound.
Still another object is to provide a sheath containing blood clotting enzymes to accelerate the clotting around the sheath to minimize bleeding complications.
According to a further broad aspect, the invention relates to a medical device for use in a human patient to minimize bleeding comprising an elongated member extending along a path to a site within the patient whereat bleeding is likely to occur; a hemostatic sheath having a central, longitudinally extending passageway receiving, generally concentrically, the elongated member and slidably disposed about the elongated member; and means for causing relative sliding motion between the sheath and the elongated member for depositing the sheath at the site whereby fluid at said site causes swelling of the hemostatic sheath along its interior and exterior surfaces to prevent bleeding from the site.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from reading and understanding the following detailed description of various embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Reference may now be had to the drawings, which illustrate various embodiments that the invention may take in physical form and in certain parts and arrangement of parts wherein;
FIGURE 1 is a cross-sectional view in section of the distal portion of a needle equipped with the sheath of the present invention and is the same view as that shown in Figure 5 of my '280 patent and Figure 8 of my '835 patent;
FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view of the invention shown in an in situ position within the tissue of the patient and is the same view as that shown in Figure 6 of my '280 patent and Figure 9 of my '835 patent;
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FIGURE 3 is a schematic elevation view showing a medi-cal instrument or introducer inserted into a patient with the sheath of the present invention applied thereto;
FIGURE 4 is a schematic elevation view similar to FIG-URE 3, showing the position of the sheath within the wound - and the pusher mechanism slightly retracted;
FIGURE 5 is a schematic elevation view similar to FIG-URES 3 and 4 with the instrument or introducer removed and is similar to FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 6 is a schematic, perspective view of a modified form which the sheath of my invention can take;
FIGURE 7 is a schematic, perspective view of a modified form which the sheath of my invention can take;
FIGURE 8 is a schematic, elevation view of the access site of the patient showing deformation of the sheath of FIGURE 7 when applied to plug a blood vessel; and FIGURE 9 is a schematic perspective view of the sheath of FIGURE 7 in its plugged configuration after removal of the tubular medical device and pusher mechanism shown in FIGURE 6.
DETATT~n DESCRIPTION OF T~E lNv~llON
Referring now to the drawings wherein the showings are for the purpose of illustrating preferred embodiments of the invention only and not for the purpose of limiting the same, reference is first had to FIGURES 1 and 2, which as noted above, correspond respectively to Figures 5 and 6 of my '280 patent. Reference numerals for FIGURES 1 and 2 are identical to and indicate the same parts, surfaces, etc., -which have been described in my previously listed prior patents. Reference to the specifications of my prior patents should be had for a more detailed explanation of the functioning of the device than that disclosed herein. In this application, reference numeral 36 in FIGURES 1 and 2 designates a removable hemostatic sheath 2136~42 which has a low co-eff~ nt of friction and may be either bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable in nature. As discussed in my prior patents, and as shown in FIGURE 2, cutting cannula 12 leaves a generally cylindrical void defined by tissue margin 51 (initially shown as the dot-dash line) and when hemostatic sheath 36 is inserted into the void, the margin is expanded to a cylindrical edge shown as 49 and the tissue surrounding the void is compressed. I have discov-ered that compression o~ the tissue by means of hemostatic sheath 36 i3 sufficient to avoid hemorrhaging complications and that a bioabsorbable sheath, while preferred, is not necessary for all applications to prevent hemorrhaging.
That is, sheath 36 can be non-bioabsorbable. Optionally, the non-bioabsorbable sheath could be coated with thrombin.
The invention in its broad concept is illustrated in FIGURES 3, 4, and 5. There are countless applications of sheath 36 in the medical field and by this specification I
will use certain terminology, not only in the specifications but also in the claims, to describe the invention. Accord-ingly, ~'body~ means and includes all ducts, organs, body parts, as well as the vasculature. "Tissue of the body"
means the tissue forming the outer surface of the body and can include as well, the tissue surrounding the body. "Ac-cess" is the opening, no matter how formed, in the tissue of the body and for vasculature applications includes trancutaneous access, as well as other types of access such as external access or extracorporeal access. Thus, use of sheath 36 at the site ~where the body tissue has been ac-cessed~ means the use of sheath 36 at the site of the blood vessel or body organ and not just superficially at the skin level. Finally, ~'tubular medical device" includes not only medical instruments such as needles capable of puncture to gain access to the body, but also other devices capable of gaining access to the body such as a catheter, cannula, tube, introducer, and access devices.
W O 93/25255 2 1 3 6 4 4 2 PC~r/US93/05340 , With these definitions in mind, FIGURES 3, 4, and 5 show schematically, the patients skin 60, the subcutaneou,s tissue 61 lying beneath the skin, a membrane or body tissue 63 (such as the peritoneum) lining a body part 64 (such as the abdomen for the peritoneum) which body part 64 is to be accessed. (The description is generic. For cardiovascular applications, as discussed hereafter, membrane 63 is the blood vessel wall and body part 64 is the blood vessel.) Access to body part 64 may be had by any tubular medical device 70 which is generally cylindrical. For example, med-ical device could be, depending on the medical procedure performed, a laparoscope, a trocar, an electrode, a probe, an introducer, or the like. As shown in FIGURE 3, sheath 36 is slidably disposed on tubular medical device 70 external to the patient while medical device 70 is used to perform the desired medical procedure. When the procedure is com-pleted, a pusher mechanism or means (i.e., plunger) 75 engag-es or contacts the proximal end 80 of sheath 36 and slides sheath 36 along tubular medical device 70 until membrane 63 (i.e., the peritoneum for FIGU~ES 3-5 under discussion) is contacted by the distal end 81 of sheath 36. In the draw-ings, plunger 75 is simply a hand operated tubular member slidably disposed over tubular medical device 70. Other arrangements will inherently or obviously suggest themselves to those skilled in the art depending on the nature, func-tion, and structure of tubular medical device 70, which de-vices will permit accurate positioning of sheath 36 at the site where the body tissue has been accessed. FIGURE 4 thus shows sheath 36 positioned in wound 76 by plunger 75 with plunger 75 being withdrawn from tubular medical device 70 and FIGURE 5 shows wound 76 with sheath 36 positioned there-in at the in situ po~ition described with tubular medical device 70 withdrawn. It should be obvious that the inven-tion does not require precise positioning of sheath 36 by plunger 75. Because of the characteristics of sheath 36, sheath 36 can be precisely positioned in situ by the surgeon W093/25255 PCTtUS93/05~0 after plunger 75 and tubular medical device 70 is withdrawn.
In fact, this is preferred for many procedures. In accor-dance with the broad concept of the invention as illustrated in FIGURES 3, 4, and 5, the material for sheath 36 could be bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable ^material and common ma-terials for sheath 36 would include collagen, gelatin, cel-lulose, absorbable polymers, and the like.
The configuration of sheath 36 as thus far described is that of a solid hollow cylinder. An alternative configura-tion is shown for sheath 36a of FIGURE 6 and another config-uration is shown for sheath 36b of FIGURE 7. For purposes of the present invention, all three sheath forms can be viewed as having an outer hardened, rigid, or form maintain-ing coating or casing 83 surrounding an inner softer core 84. The margin for inner core 84 is diagrammatically illus-trated by the broken line identified as reference numeral 85 shown for sheath 36a in FIGURE 6.
Outer coating 83 is comprised of a substance which gen-erally maintains its form when being inserted into the pa-tient. Outer coating 83 may be bioabsorbable, non-bioabsorbable, or semi-bioabsorbable. Typically outer coat-ing 83 is composed of a gelatin compound. Gelatin forms a relatively rigid outer shell structure which maintains its form during the insertion procedure. However, outer coating 83 may consist of collagen, cellulose, absorbable polymers, gelatin and combinations thereof. (Those skilled in the art will recognize that gelatin is a derivative of collagen.
Thus in my prior applications, I disclosed collagen albeit in its gelatin form. In this specification, collagen is mentioned separately from gelatin, not in the sense of the two materials being different but in the sense that "collagen~ is used to indicate a material softer than gela-tin, and further it is recognized that there are varying degrees of sotfness for collagen.) Outer coating 83 is preferably a bioabsorbable material which dissolves within the patient~s body. Outer coating 83 may also be composed W093/25255 PCT/US93/05~0 of a substance that becomes slick upon contact with body fluids so as to allow sheath 36 to be easily inserted to the body tissue access site (i.e., membrane 63, blood vessel wall) without damaging the surrounding tissue during inser-tion. The slick outer coating 83 of sheath 36 acts as a lubricant to sheath 36 as it is being inserted. Normally the slick surface results from the outer coating 83 dissolv-ing in the presence of the body fluid. Bioabsorbable ma-terials, such as gelatin or gelatin compounds, form a very slippery surface when in contact with blood. Thus outer coating 83, depending on the application, is sized to have various thickness. The thickness of outer coating 83 de-pends on where sheath 12 is being applied in the body of the patient and the distance the sheath has to travel within the body to reach the desired tissue access site. If outer coating 83 of sheath 36 is composed of a bioabsorbable sub-stance such as gelatin, outer coating 83 will be absorbed into the surrounding tissue as it is being inserted through the body, causing the thickness of outer coating 36 to de-crease. Therefore, outer coating 83 should be of a minimum thickness to allow sheath 36 to be properly placed at the desired tissue access site before being completely dis-solved.
The inner core 84 of sheath 36 may have the same or a different material than outer coating 83. Inner core 84 is made of absorbable materials. The material may be bioabsorbable, non-bioabsorbable or semi-bioabsorbable. The material of inner core 84 may be composed of collagen, gela-tin, cellulose, absorbable polymers and combinations there-of. Prior to being inserted into the body, the material of inner core 84 is typically compressed (i.e., by outer coat-ing 83) to enhance the volume of body fluids which can be absorbed. The material of inner core 84 also has the prop-erty of expanding in volume when absorbing body fluids.
Inner core material is preferably a less rigid material than outer coating 83 so that the inner core material can easily W093/25255 PCT/US93/05~0 2136~2 deform about the tissue access site during insertion.
Collagen is a soft, highly absorbable material which is pre-ferred for inner core 84.
With reference to the gener~c description of the inven-tion illustrated in FIGURES''3, 4, and 5, outer coating 83 permits sheath 36 to be easily moved to the tissue access site without damaging subcutaneous tissue 61 while body flu-ids permit collagen in inner core 84 to radially expand to occlude the longitudinally-extending central opening 89 of sheath 36 thus blocking or sealing the tissue access site at membrane 63. Further, as outer coating 83 dissolves, inner core 89 expands not only radially inwardly, but also radial-ly outwardly to further compress subcutaneous tissue 61 and minimize bleeding. Again, the thickness of coating 83 is predetermined such that occlusion of central opening 89 sub-stantially occurs to seal the tissue access site before the radially-outwardly expansion and subsequent tissue com-pression occurs and the outside diameter of sheath 36 is suitably sized to achieve a sufficient level of subcutaneous tissue compression upon initial injection to ~in;mize bleed-ing .
Sheath 36 can be inserted on tubular medical device 70 prior to beinq inserted into the patient or prior to tubular medical device 70 being removed from the patient. When sheath 36 is positioned about tubular medical device 70 pri-or to treatment, damage to sheath 36 may occur if precau-tions are not taken. One source of damage to sheath 36 is in the form of cont~inAtion. In a medical environment, there exists many infectious micro-organisms. During an angiogram or other medical treatment, sheath 36 is exposed to these foreign micro-organisms prior to being inserted into the patient. The longer the particular medical treat-ment, the more likely sheath 36 may be contAminAted. Sheath 36 may also become deformed during the medical treatment.
As noted, sheath 36 is preferably formed of a bioabsorbable material. One such bioabsorbable material is gelatin.
W093/25255 2 1 3 6 4 ~ 2 PCT/US93/05~0 Gelatin has the special property of becoming slippery when body fluids such as blood contacts the gelatin surface.
When the gelatin and body fluids interact, the gelatin is dissolved forming a slippery surface. During a long and/or complicated medical treatment, body fluids may come in con-tact with and completely dissolve the gelatin. When the time comes for in situ application of sheath 36, the slip-pery surface has dissolved and application becomes diffi-cult. In addition, sheath 36 is comprised of absorbable materials, which absorb body fluids. As the body fluids are absorbed into sheath 36, such materials typically expand.
If too much body fluid is absorbed into sheath 36, sheath 36 will deform due to expansion, thus preventing sheath 36 from being inserted through skin surface 60 and/or damaging the surrounding subcutaneous tissue 61 during insertion. The expanded sheath 36 may also stick to tubular medical device 70 and may be damaged due to friction and/or shearing from being slid along tubular medical device 70 during insertion.
Damage to sheath 36 can be avoided by hermetically sealing sheath 36 with a substance, such as plastic, which protects sheath 36 from contamination and contact with body fluids. Prior to inserting sheath 36 into the tissue access site, the seal about sheath 36 is removed. Preferably, sheath 36 is designed such that it can be quickly and easily inserted about tubular medical device 70 just prior to the time sheath 36 is to be inserted into the tissue access site. One such design is illustrated for sheath 36a in FIG-URE 6. Sheath 36a is generally of a cylindrical shape with a slit 90 extending, longitudinally from proximal end to distal end 81 and radially through the wall of sheath 36a from outside diameter to inside diameter. Prior to sheath 36a being inserted about tubular medical device 70, slit 90 is opened and sheath 36a is inserted about the circumference of tubular medical device 70. Slit 90 is preferably spread open only enough so as to be fitted about tubular medical device 70. Otherwise, sheath 36a may be creased and/or torn W ~/25255 PCTJUS93/05340 - 2136~42 on the side opposite slit 90. Once sheath 36a is inserted about tubular medical device 70, slit 90 is closed. Prefer-ably, the inside cylindrical surface of sheath 36a is formed such that once slit 90 is closed, the inside cylindrical surface of sheath 36a closely conforms to the outer surface of tubular medical device 70. Preferably, at least one of the longitudinally-extruding edges 91, 92 forming slit 90 has a sticky surface maintA;ning slit 90 closed after sheath ~6a is applied to tubular medical device 70. The sticky ~surface which could be mechanically formed such as like a "velcro- surface tends to ~glue~ the surfaces together.
Conceptually, sheath 36a could be made of two cylindrical halves simply applied as a hollow cylinder to tubular medi-cal device 70.
FIGURE 7 illustrates another form of sheath 36, which is designated by re~erence numeral 36b and which is particu-larly applicable for sheath application as a vascular plug.
Sheath 36b is essentially constructed as described above with a rigid outer coating 83 and a soft inner core 84.
However, sheath 36b has a distal portion 95 extending from its distal end 80, which preferably is fretted as at 96.
Distal position is composed of a soft sticky substance such as a soft collagen. A very thin bioabsorbable coating may be applied to distal position 95 just sufficient to permit sheath 36b to be inserted to the blood vessel site.
Application of sheath 36b as a vascular plug may be explained by reference to FIGURES 8 and 9 relative to any conventional vascular treatment such as an angiogram. Those skilled in the art readily know that an angiogram is a treatment for removing deposits which have accumulated alonq the inner wall of an artery lOO (i.e., blood vessel). The procedure typically employed user a conventional needle stick to locate an artery lOO, the stic~ penetrating the subcutaneous tissue 61 and providing the tissue access open-ing to artery 100. A conventional guide wire is then fed through the needle into the artery, and the needle is TRADEMARK
W093/25255 2 1 36 ~ ~ ~ PCT/US93/05340 removed with the guide wire left in place. Next, a conven-tional introducer sheath 101 having a tissue dilator at its distal end with a valve and a pressure/sample port at its proximal end (not shown) is fed over the guide wire so that introducer sheath 101 extends into artery 100. A conven-tional catheter is then fed over the guide wire and the angiogram procedure performed after which the catheter and guide wire are removed. All of these steps are conventional and are not shown in the drawings. Sheath 36b is then placed on introducer 101 and, depending on the configuration of introducer 101, sheath 36b may or may not have slit 90.
Also, positioned on introducer 101 is pusher mechanism 75.
Pusher mechanism 75 is used to push sheath 36b against the blood vessel wall 103 (i.e., artery) and because distal por-tion 96 is soft, it conforms to the shape of vessel wall 103 as best shown in FIGURE 9. Sheath 36b is held in place by pusher 75 as the introducer sheath 101 is withdrawn and while sheath 36b is being held in this position, the collagen swells and expands radially-inwardly as discussed above to occlude central passage 89 and thus plug the tissue access opening (i.e., the opening caused in artery 100) to perform the angiogram. Sheath 36b also expands radially-outwardly as discussed above, wedging itself further into subcutaneous tissue 61 to firmly seal or maintain sheath 36b, now a plug, in its in situ place or position while also minimizing bleeding from subcutaneous tissue 61. In summary of this embodiment of the invention, the soft distal portion 95 of sheath 36b spreads about the access site to seal seep-age from the site while the radially-inward expansion of the non-bioabsorbable collagen plugs central opening 89 prevent-ing escape of body fluids and the radially-outward expansion of the collagen further wedges sheath 36b into subcutaneous tissue 61 to maintain sheath 36b in its in situ position to prevent loss of body fluid thus forming an effective vascular plug.
W O 93/25255 PC~r/US93/05340 2136~2 The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment and alternatives thereof. It is be-lieved that many modifications and alterations to the embod-iments discussed herein will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art upon reading and understanding the detailed description of the invention. It is intended to include all such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the present invention.
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MEDICAL TUBULAR DEVICE
This invention relates generally to a device for use with or in combination with a wide range of medical instruments which device is left in situ within the patient, after and/or during use of the medical instrument, for purposes of avoiding or preventing hemorrhagic complications arising from the wound caused by the instrument.
The invention is particularly applicable to a cardiovascular device and process in the general form of a hollow tubular sheath deposited in the patient's tissue area to inhibit bleeding and seal or plug the access site and will be described with particular reference thereto. However, it is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention has broader medical applications and is not to be limited to-its use as a cardiovascular plug.
Reference should be made to U.S. Patents 5,080,655 of January 1, 1992; 4,936,835 of June 26, 1990;
4,838,280 of June 13, 1989; 3,358,684 of December 19, 1987; and 3,106,483 for subject matter relative to this lnventlon .
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S There are numerous medical procedures and devices in use today in which a medical device, generally tubular, such as a laparoscope, trocar, electrode, probe, introducer, or the like i5 inserted into the abdomen, chest, or body parts of a patient for performing some procedure or inspection 0 after which the device is withdrawn. When the device is inserted, a wound results and hemorrhagic complications arise during the insertion and/or removal of the device.
Until my invention, there was no known device which ad-dressed the hemorrhagic complications arising from the S wound. If complications arose, the wound was treated in accordance with sound medical practice employing convention-al techniques.
Within the prior art, the use of gelatin as a substance for making medication capsules for internal use and adapted 0 to be absorbed by enzyme action or other physiological pro-cesses within the body is well known. Also, the use of gel-atin material for various surgical techniques has been well documented. In particular, the use of a gelatin material in a "sponge" form or as a foam is commercially available from S the Upjohn ~orr~ny under the trademark "Gelfoam~. Gelfoam with and without thrombin, a protein which is active at the last stage of clot formation and functions to change fibrinogen to fibrin, has been used in surgery in virtually all organ systems including prostrate, brain, 0 musculoskeletal, vascular graphs and other areas without adverse complications. The use of gelatin as a coating for a fabric, blood-vessel graft is disclosed in U.S. Patent no.
3,106,483 to Kline et al dated October 8, 1963.
~ 2136~42 The use of hardened gelatin as forming a part of a surgical instrument is disclosed in U.S. Patent No .
3,358,684 to Marshall dated December 19, 1967. In Marshall, the distal cutting edge of a cannula which is used as a parenteral injection device is formed from a thiolated gelatin material. Specifically, the gelatin distal tip punctures a vein, and eventually dissolves, leaving the proximal portion of the cannula within the vein for administrating parenteral solutions. The cannula can be thus left in situ without vein damage which would otherwise arise from the presence of a sharp needle or the removal of the sharp needle from the vein. In this sense, the prior art recognizes that it is known to use gelatin as a surgical instrument which can be dissolved at the insertion site.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A) Invention as disclosed in my prior application(s).
In my U.S. Patent 4,838,280, I disclosed a hemostatic sheath made of a bioabsorbable material, such as gelatin, which was slidably disposed over a biopsy needle. The needle caused a wound and the gelatin sheath plugged the wound after the needle was removed to enhance blood clotting and avoid hemorrhagic complications. The gelatin, being bioabsorbable, eventually dissolves, thus eliminating any need for post surgical treatment of the wound.
In my U.S. Patent 4,936,835, I disclosed several variations and extensions of my sheath. Insofar as this invention is concerned, I disclose a non-bioabsorbable sheath for use with a needle in which the sheath was dimen-sionally sized to compress the wound caused by the needle puncture which compression of the patient's tissue minimized bleeding. Optionally the sheath was coated with thrombin, a substance recognized for its blood clotting abilities.
Still more specifically, it was recognized in my '835 patent that the gelatin sheath could also be sized to achieve.
W093/25255 PCT/US93/05~0 compression of the tissue wound and that gelatin, in its initial hardened state, could be easily inserted into the site. The non-bioabsorbable sheath embodiment, however, permits access to the puncture site for subsequent insertion of medical devices through the sheath.
B) Preferred embodiment of invention.
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a universal sheath applicable to a wide variety of tubular medical instruments or devices which cause a punc-ture in the patient's abdomen, chest, body part, etc. (or which is used with a tubular device after the puncture is caused) to minimize bleeding or hemorrhagic complications from the wound caused by the device.
This object, along with other features of the inven-tion, is achieved in the broad sense of the invention, by a tubular medical device, such as a medical instrument, which device is inserted through the skin of the patient and at least into the patient's subcutaneous tissue, and to which a hollow tubular sheath is slidably disposed on said tubular device. A pusher mechanism associated with the medical de-vice is used for depositing the sheath in situ at the wound for ~; n;~; zing hemorrhagic complications arising from the wound. The device could be a laparascope, a trocar, an electrode, a probe, a biopsy needle, an introducer, or the like. The device need not cause the puncture in the body tissue. Another instrument could cause the puncture and the hemostatic sheath slidably mounted on a tubular introducer which, when removed, leaves the sheath as an in situ plug.
The sheath could be positioned in situ either when the medi-cal device is in use or placed in situ at the accessed tis-sue opening while the medical instrument or the device is removed.
In accordance with a more specific feature of the in-vention, the tubular medical device is used to access an opening formed in a body part such as a blood vessel, abdo-men, kidney, etc., and the sheath is positioned, in situ, at W093/25255 2 1 3 6 ~ 4 2 PCT/US93/05~0 accessed opening in the body part to plug or seal the open-ing from body fluid leakage whiIe also preventing bleeding from the subcutaneous tissue adjacent the body part. The wound thus caused in the patient is treated by positioning the sheath of the invention at the tissue of the body part where the body part has been accessed by the medical device.
In accordance with a specific important feature of the insertion, the outside diameter or size of the tubular sheath is sized larger than the opening at which the tissue has been accessed so that the wound is compressed to mini-mize bleeding.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the sheath can be either bioabsorbable (for reasons dis-cussed below) or non-absorbable and made from common materi-als tolerated by the tissue such as collagen, gelatin, cel-lulose, body tolerant polymers, and other materials. In all instances, the sheath has an outer shell or casing in its initial state which becomes slippery when in contact with body fluids, such as blood, to permit the sheath to be read-ily inserted into the access opening.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, the tubular sheath is constructed of an absorbent material with an outer casing or alternatively, an outer coating which is relatively hard in its initial dry state whereby the absorbent material, upon exposure to body fluids, dimen-sionally swells to occlude the central opening of the sheath and plug the tissue access site. The absorbent material can be either bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable depending on the application. Preferably the outer coating (or outer casing) is bioabsorbable (such as hardened gelatin) to per-mit the sheath to be easily positioned at the access site which coating readily dissolves to permit radially-outward expansion of the absorbent material further compressing the tissue access site and mi nimi zing bleeding. Thus, in accor-- 35 dance with a still further specific feature of the inven-tion, the thickness of the outer coating is, depending on W093/2~255 2 1 3 6 4 ~ 2 ` PCT/US93/05~0 the particular medical application, predetermined so that the absorbent material dimensionally expands radially~
wardly to occlude the opening before the outer coating is bio-absorbed and expands rad~i~lly-outwardly.
Still yet another important aspect of the invention is the formation of the tubular sheath with a soft, sticky distal axial end portion such as that which can be formed from soft collagen and a rigid, proximal axial end portion such as that achieved by an outer coating or an outer casing of hardened gelatin whereby the accessed opening formed in a blood vessel such as an artery is plugged by the distal end of the sheath conforming to the shape of the wall of the vessel when the sheath is pushed against the blood vessel.
When the sheath is pushed against the vessel wall, the ab-sorbent material expands to occlude the central opening in the sheath as noted above to seal the vessel, body part, etc.
In accordance with another feature of the invention, the tubular sheath is slit longitudinally from its distal axial end to its proximal axial end whereby the sheath can be stretched or radially expanded and applied to the tubular medical instrument or device after the instrument or device has been inserted into the patient. In this manner, the sheath is not contaminated prior to insertion. That is, some medical treatments take several hours or more to com-plete. During this time, the sheath could otherwise become contaminated by body fluids from the patient escaping the skin surface area and splattering into the sheath, causing a premature expansion of the absorbable sheath material and/or dissolving of the outer coating adversely affecting place-ment of the sheath at the tissue access site.
In accordance with still another aspect of the inven-tion, the hemostatic sheath contains a blood clotting chemi-cal, typically the enzyme thrombin, to accelerate blood clotting about the blood vessel wall to help reduce W093/25255 2 1 3 fi 4 ~ 2 PCT/US93/05~0 internal bleeding and minimize complications resulting from such bleeding.
One of the objects of the present invention is to pro-vide a hemostatic sheath having a generally rigid outer cas-ing and an absorbable inner core which can be deposited on a blood vessel wall to inhibit and prevent blood from escaping from the blood vessel.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a hemostatic sheath which can be applied to a medical device after the medical device has been inserted into the tissue area for preventing bleeding from the wound caused by the medical device.
Yet still a further object of the invention is to pro-vide a hemostatic sheath with a sticky tip which readily attaches to the blood vessel wall or the tissue of the body part which has been accessed by a tubular medical device to prevent loss of body fluid from the accessed site.
Another object of the invention is to provide a sheath which contains an expandable, highly absorbable inner core which permits the sheath to plug the accessed site of a body part.
Yet another object of the present invention is to pro-vide a sheath with a generally rigid outer core which be-comes slippery when in contact with fluids to permit easy in situ application of the sheath.
Yet still another object of the present invention is to provide a sheath with a bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable outer shell or coating and a bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable inner core to prevent hemorrhagic complica-tions from a wound to avoid post surgical treatment of the wound.
Another object of the invention is to provide an in situ sheath which in addition to preventing bleeding at the site also seals or plugs the tissue access opening.
Still another object of the invention is to provide a process for applying a sheath in situ to prevent hemorrhagic complications arising from a wound generally, and more specifically bleeding from the subcutaneous tissue and still more specifically bleeding form the subcutaneous tissue and loss of body fluid (including blood) arising from the opening formed in the body part.
A still further object of the invention is to provide an in situ vascular plug to minimize bleeding from a puncture or a tissue access opening in a body part no matter how formed.
Still yet another object of the invention is to provide a sheath in combination with a tubular pushing device to permit universal application of the sheath to the tissue of a body access site for a wide variety of medical instruments and/or introducers for preventing bleeding of the wound and thus obviate post surgical treatment of the wound.
Still another object is to provide a sheath containing blood clotting enzymes to accelerate the clotting around the sheath to minimize bleeding complications.
According to a further broad aspect, the invention relates to a medical device for use in a human patient to minimize bleeding comprising an elongated member extending along a path to a site within the patient whereat bleeding is likely to occur; a hemostatic sheath having a central, longitudinally extending passageway receiving, generally concentrically, the elongated member and slidably disposed about the elongated member; and means for causing relative sliding motion between the sheath and the elongated member for depositing the sheath at the site whereby fluid at said site causes swelling of the hemostatic sheath along its interior and exterior surfaces to prevent bleeding from the site.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from reading and understanding the following detailed description of various embodiments of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Reference may now be had to the drawings, which illustrate various embodiments that the invention may take in physical form and in certain parts and arrangement of parts wherein;
FIGURE 1 is a cross-sectional view in section of the distal portion of a needle equipped with the sheath of the present invention and is the same view as that shown in Figure 5 of my '280 patent and Figure 8 of my '835 patent;
FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectional view of the invention shown in an in situ position within the tissue of the patient and is the same view as that shown in Figure 6 of my '280 patent and Figure 9 of my '835 patent;
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FIGURE 3 is a schematic elevation view showing a medi-cal instrument or introducer inserted into a patient with the sheath of the present invention applied thereto;
FIGURE 4 is a schematic elevation view similar to FIG-URE 3, showing the position of the sheath within the wound - and the pusher mechanism slightly retracted;
FIGURE 5 is a schematic elevation view similar to FIG-URES 3 and 4 with the instrument or introducer removed and is similar to FIGURE 2;
FIGURE 6 is a schematic, perspective view of a modified form which the sheath of my invention can take;
FIGURE 7 is a schematic, perspective view of a modified form which the sheath of my invention can take;
FIGURE 8 is a schematic, elevation view of the access site of the patient showing deformation of the sheath of FIGURE 7 when applied to plug a blood vessel; and FIGURE 9 is a schematic perspective view of the sheath of FIGURE 7 in its plugged configuration after removal of the tubular medical device and pusher mechanism shown in FIGURE 6.
DETATT~n DESCRIPTION OF T~E lNv~llON
Referring now to the drawings wherein the showings are for the purpose of illustrating preferred embodiments of the invention only and not for the purpose of limiting the same, reference is first had to FIGURES 1 and 2, which as noted above, correspond respectively to Figures 5 and 6 of my '280 patent. Reference numerals for FIGURES 1 and 2 are identical to and indicate the same parts, surfaces, etc., -which have been described in my previously listed prior patents. Reference to the specifications of my prior patents should be had for a more detailed explanation of the functioning of the device than that disclosed herein. In this application, reference numeral 36 in FIGURES 1 and 2 designates a removable hemostatic sheath 2136~42 which has a low co-eff~ nt of friction and may be either bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable in nature. As discussed in my prior patents, and as shown in FIGURE 2, cutting cannula 12 leaves a generally cylindrical void defined by tissue margin 51 (initially shown as the dot-dash line) and when hemostatic sheath 36 is inserted into the void, the margin is expanded to a cylindrical edge shown as 49 and the tissue surrounding the void is compressed. I have discov-ered that compression o~ the tissue by means of hemostatic sheath 36 i3 sufficient to avoid hemorrhaging complications and that a bioabsorbable sheath, while preferred, is not necessary for all applications to prevent hemorrhaging.
That is, sheath 36 can be non-bioabsorbable. Optionally, the non-bioabsorbable sheath could be coated with thrombin.
The invention in its broad concept is illustrated in FIGURES 3, 4, and 5. There are countless applications of sheath 36 in the medical field and by this specification I
will use certain terminology, not only in the specifications but also in the claims, to describe the invention. Accord-ingly, ~'body~ means and includes all ducts, organs, body parts, as well as the vasculature. "Tissue of the body"
means the tissue forming the outer surface of the body and can include as well, the tissue surrounding the body. "Ac-cess" is the opening, no matter how formed, in the tissue of the body and for vasculature applications includes trancutaneous access, as well as other types of access such as external access or extracorporeal access. Thus, use of sheath 36 at the site ~where the body tissue has been ac-cessed~ means the use of sheath 36 at the site of the blood vessel or body organ and not just superficially at the skin level. Finally, ~'tubular medical device" includes not only medical instruments such as needles capable of puncture to gain access to the body, but also other devices capable of gaining access to the body such as a catheter, cannula, tube, introducer, and access devices.
W O 93/25255 2 1 3 6 4 4 2 PC~r/US93/05340 , With these definitions in mind, FIGURES 3, 4, and 5 show schematically, the patients skin 60, the subcutaneou,s tissue 61 lying beneath the skin, a membrane or body tissue 63 (such as the peritoneum) lining a body part 64 (such as the abdomen for the peritoneum) which body part 64 is to be accessed. (The description is generic. For cardiovascular applications, as discussed hereafter, membrane 63 is the blood vessel wall and body part 64 is the blood vessel.) Access to body part 64 may be had by any tubular medical device 70 which is generally cylindrical. For example, med-ical device could be, depending on the medical procedure performed, a laparoscope, a trocar, an electrode, a probe, an introducer, or the like. As shown in FIGURE 3, sheath 36 is slidably disposed on tubular medical device 70 external to the patient while medical device 70 is used to perform the desired medical procedure. When the procedure is com-pleted, a pusher mechanism or means (i.e., plunger) 75 engag-es or contacts the proximal end 80 of sheath 36 and slides sheath 36 along tubular medical device 70 until membrane 63 (i.e., the peritoneum for FIGU~ES 3-5 under discussion) is contacted by the distal end 81 of sheath 36. In the draw-ings, plunger 75 is simply a hand operated tubular member slidably disposed over tubular medical device 70. Other arrangements will inherently or obviously suggest themselves to those skilled in the art depending on the nature, func-tion, and structure of tubular medical device 70, which de-vices will permit accurate positioning of sheath 36 at the site where the body tissue has been accessed. FIGURE 4 thus shows sheath 36 positioned in wound 76 by plunger 75 with plunger 75 being withdrawn from tubular medical device 70 and FIGURE 5 shows wound 76 with sheath 36 positioned there-in at the in situ po~ition described with tubular medical device 70 withdrawn. It should be obvious that the inven-tion does not require precise positioning of sheath 36 by plunger 75. Because of the characteristics of sheath 36, sheath 36 can be precisely positioned in situ by the surgeon W093/25255 PCTtUS93/05~0 after plunger 75 and tubular medical device 70 is withdrawn.
In fact, this is preferred for many procedures. In accor-dance with the broad concept of the invention as illustrated in FIGURES 3, 4, and 5, the material for sheath 36 could be bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable ^material and common ma-terials for sheath 36 would include collagen, gelatin, cel-lulose, absorbable polymers, and the like.
The configuration of sheath 36 as thus far described is that of a solid hollow cylinder. An alternative configura-tion is shown for sheath 36a of FIGURE 6 and another config-uration is shown for sheath 36b of FIGURE 7. For purposes of the present invention, all three sheath forms can be viewed as having an outer hardened, rigid, or form maintain-ing coating or casing 83 surrounding an inner softer core 84. The margin for inner core 84 is diagrammatically illus-trated by the broken line identified as reference numeral 85 shown for sheath 36a in FIGURE 6.
Outer coating 83 is comprised of a substance which gen-erally maintains its form when being inserted into the pa-tient. Outer coating 83 may be bioabsorbable, non-bioabsorbable, or semi-bioabsorbable. Typically outer coat-ing 83 is composed of a gelatin compound. Gelatin forms a relatively rigid outer shell structure which maintains its form during the insertion procedure. However, outer coating 83 may consist of collagen, cellulose, absorbable polymers, gelatin and combinations thereof. (Those skilled in the art will recognize that gelatin is a derivative of collagen.
Thus in my prior applications, I disclosed collagen albeit in its gelatin form. In this specification, collagen is mentioned separately from gelatin, not in the sense of the two materials being different but in the sense that "collagen~ is used to indicate a material softer than gela-tin, and further it is recognized that there are varying degrees of sotfness for collagen.) Outer coating 83 is preferably a bioabsorbable material which dissolves within the patient~s body. Outer coating 83 may also be composed W093/25255 PCT/US93/05~0 of a substance that becomes slick upon contact with body fluids so as to allow sheath 36 to be easily inserted to the body tissue access site (i.e., membrane 63, blood vessel wall) without damaging the surrounding tissue during inser-tion. The slick outer coating 83 of sheath 36 acts as a lubricant to sheath 36 as it is being inserted. Normally the slick surface results from the outer coating 83 dissolv-ing in the presence of the body fluid. Bioabsorbable ma-terials, such as gelatin or gelatin compounds, form a very slippery surface when in contact with blood. Thus outer coating 83, depending on the application, is sized to have various thickness. The thickness of outer coating 83 de-pends on where sheath 12 is being applied in the body of the patient and the distance the sheath has to travel within the body to reach the desired tissue access site. If outer coating 83 of sheath 36 is composed of a bioabsorbable sub-stance such as gelatin, outer coating 83 will be absorbed into the surrounding tissue as it is being inserted through the body, causing the thickness of outer coating 36 to de-crease. Therefore, outer coating 83 should be of a minimum thickness to allow sheath 36 to be properly placed at the desired tissue access site before being completely dis-solved.
The inner core 84 of sheath 36 may have the same or a different material than outer coating 83. Inner core 84 is made of absorbable materials. The material may be bioabsorbable, non-bioabsorbable or semi-bioabsorbable. The material of inner core 84 may be composed of collagen, gela-tin, cellulose, absorbable polymers and combinations there-of. Prior to being inserted into the body, the material of inner core 84 is typically compressed (i.e., by outer coat-ing 83) to enhance the volume of body fluids which can be absorbed. The material of inner core 84 also has the prop-erty of expanding in volume when absorbing body fluids.
Inner core material is preferably a less rigid material than outer coating 83 so that the inner core material can easily W093/25255 PCT/US93/05~0 2136~2 deform about the tissue access site during insertion.
Collagen is a soft, highly absorbable material which is pre-ferred for inner core 84.
With reference to the gener~c description of the inven-tion illustrated in FIGURES''3, 4, and 5, outer coating 83 permits sheath 36 to be easily moved to the tissue access site without damaging subcutaneous tissue 61 while body flu-ids permit collagen in inner core 84 to radially expand to occlude the longitudinally-extending central opening 89 of sheath 36 thus blocking or sealing the tissue access site at membrane 63. Further, as outer coating 83 dissolves, inner core 89 expands not only radially inwardly, but also radial-ly outwardly to further compress subcutaneous tissue 61 and minimize bleeding. Again, the thickness of coating 83 is predetermined such that occlusion of central opening 89 sub-stantially occurs to seal the tissue access site before the radially-outwardly expansion and subsequent tissue com-pression occurs and the outside diameter of sheath 36 is suitably sized to achieve a sufficient level of subcutaneous tissue compression upon initial injection to ~in;mize bleed-ing .
Sheath 36 can be inserted on tubular medical device 70 prior to beinq inserted into the patient or prior to tubular medical device 70 being removed from the patient. When sheath 36 is positioned about tubular medical device 70 pri-or to treatment, damage to sheath 36 may occur if precau-tions are not taken. One source of damage to sheath 36 is in the form of cont~inAtion. In a medical environment, there exists many infectious micro-organisms. During an angiogram or other medical treatment, sheath 36 is exposed to these foreign micro-organisms prior to being inserted into the patient. The longer the particular medical treat-ment, the more likely sheath 36 may be contAminAted. Sheath 36 may also become deformed during the medical treatment.
As noted, sheath 36 is preferably formed of a bioabsorbable material. One such bioabsorbable material is gelatin.
W093/25255 2 1 3 6 4 ~ 2 PCT/US93/05~0 Gelatin has the special property of becoming slippery when body fluids such as blood contacts the gelatin surface.
When the gelatin and body fluids interact, the gelatin is dissolved forming a slippery surface. During a long and/or complicated medical treatment, body fluids may come in con-tact with and completely dissolve the gelatin. When the time comes for in situ application of sheath 36, the slip-pery surface has dissolved and application becomes diffi-cult. In addition, sheath 36 is comprised of absorbable materials, which absorb body fluids. As the body fluids are absorbed into sheath 36, such materials typically expand.
If too much body fluid is absorbed into sheath 36, sheath 36 will deform due to expansion, thus preventing sheath 36 from being inserted through skin surface 60 and/or damaging the surrounding subcutaneous tissue 61 during insertion. The expanded sheath 36 may also stick to tubular medical device 70 and may be damaged due to friction and/or shearing from being slid along tubular medical device 70 during insertion.
Damage to sheath 36 can be avoided by hermetically sealing sheath 36 with a substance, such as plastic, which protects sheath 36 from contamination and contact with body fluids. Prior to inserting sheath 36 into the tissue access site, the seal about sheath 36 is removed. Preferably, sheath 36 is designed such that it can be quickly and easily inserted about tubular medical device 70 just prior to the time sheath 36 is to be inserted into the tissue access site. One such design is illustrated for sheath 36a in FIG-URE 6. Sheath 36a is generally of a cylindrical shape with a slit 90 extending, longitudinally from proximal end to distal end 81 and radially through the wall of sheath 36a from outside diameter to inside diameter. Prior to sheath 36a being inserted about tubular medical device 70, slit 90 is opened and sheath 36a is inserted about the circumference of tubular medical device 70. Slit 90 is preferably spread open only enough so as to be fitted about tubular medical device 70. Otherwise, sheath 36a may be creased and/or torn W ~/25255 PCTJUS93/05340 - 2136~42 on the side opposite slit 90. Once sheath 36a is inserted about tubular medical device 70, slit 90 is closed. Prefer-ably, the inside cylindrical surface of sheath 36a is formed such that once slit 90 is closed, the inside cylindrical surface of sheath 36a closely conforms to the outer surface of tubular medical device 70. Preferably, at least one of the longitudinally-extruding edges 91, 92 forming slit 90 has a sticky surface maintA;ning slit 90 closed after sheath ~6a is applied to tubular medical device 70. The sticky ~surface which could be mechanically formed such as like a "velcro- surface tends to ~glue~ the surfaces together.
Conceptually, sheath 36a could be made of two cylindrical halves simply applied as a hollow cylinder to tubular medi-cal device 70.
FIGURE 7 illustrates another form of sheath 36, which is designated by re~erence numeral 36b and which is particu-larly applicable for sheath application as a vascular plug.
Sheath 36b is essentially constructed as described above with a rigid outer coating 83 and a soft inner core 84.
However, sheath 36b has a distal portion 95 extending from its distal end 80, which preferably is fretted as at 96.
Distal position is composed of a soft sticky substance such as a soft collagen. A very thin bioabsorbable coating may be applied to distal position 95 just sufficient to permit sheath 36b to be inserted to the blood vessel site.
Application of sheath 36b as a vascular plug may be explained by reference to FIGURES 8 and 9 relative to any conventional vascular treatment such as an angiogram. Those skilled in the art readily know that an angiogram is a treatment for removing deposits which have accumulated alonq the inner wall of an artery lOO (i.e., blood vessel). The procedure typically employed user a conventional needle stick to locate an artery lOO, the stic~ penetrating the subcutaneous tissue 61 and providing the tissue access open-ing to artery 100. A conventional guide wire is then fed through the needle into the artery, and the needle is TRADEMARK
W093/25255 2 1 36 ~ ~ ~ PCT/US93/05340 removed with the guide wire left in place. Next, a conven-tional introducer sheath 101 having a tissue dilator at its distal end with a valve and a pressure/sample port at its proximal end (not shown) is fed over the guide wire so that introducer sheath 101 extends into artery 100. A conven-tional catheter is then fed over the guide wire and the angiogram procedure performed after which the catheter and guide wire are removed. All of these steps are conventional and are not shown in the drawings. Sheath 36b is then placed on introducer 101 and, depending on the configuration of introducer 101, sheath 36b may or may not have slit 90.
Also, positioned on introducer 101 is pusher mechanism 75.
Pusher mechanism 75 is used to push sheath 36b against the blood vessel wall 103 (i.e., artery) and because distal por-tion 96 is soft, it conforms to the shape of vessel wall 103 as best shown in FIGURE 9. Sheath 36b is held in place by pusher 75 as the introducer sheath 101 is withdrawn and while sheath 36b is being held in this position, the collagen swells and expands radially-inwardly as discussed above to occlude central passage 89 and thus plug the tissue access opening (i.e., the opening caused in artery 100) to perform the angiogram. Sheath 36b also expands radially-outwardly as discussed above, wedging itself further into subcutaneous tissue 61 to firmly seal or maintain sheath 36b, now a plug, in its in situ place or position while also minimizing bleeding from subcutaneous tissue 61. In summary of this embodiment of the invention, the soft distal portion 95 of sheath 36b spreads about the access site to seal seep-age from the site while the radially-inward expansion of the non-bioabsorbable collagen plugs central opening 89 prevent-ing escape of body fluids and the radially-outward expansion of the collagen further wedges sheath 36b into subcutaneous tissue 61 to maintain sheath 36b in its in situ position to prevent loss of body fluid thus forming an effective vascular plug.
W O 93/25255 PC~r/US93/05340 2136~2 The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment and alternatives thereof. It is be-lieved that many modifications and alterations to the embod-iments discussed herein will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art upon reading and understanding the detailed description of the invention. It is intended to include all such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the present invention.
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Claims (55)
1. The combination of a tubular medical device for accessing a body part of a patient through the tissue thereof and a hollow tubular sheath initially positioned on said device externally of said tissue and pusher means associated with said device for positioning said sheath in said body tissue for minimizing hemorrhagic complications resulting from the body tissue wound when said device and said pusher means are removed from said body tissue, said sheath having a generally rigid outer coating and an inner core.
2. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheath is made of material defined in a class comprising collagen, gelatin, cellulose, absorbable polymers and combinations thereof.
3. The combination of claim 2, wherein said outer coating of said sheath is bioabsorbable.
4. The combination of claim 3, wherein said outer coating of said sheath is made of gelatin.
5. The combination of claim 2, wherein said outer coating of said sheath is non-absorbable.
6. The combination of claim 2, wherein said outer coating of said sheath is partially bioabsorbable.
7. The combination of claim 1, wherein said inner core of said sheath is more absorbable than said outer coating.
8. The combination of claim 7, wherein said inner core of said sheath is compressed by said outer coating.
9. The combination of claim 8, wherein said inner core of said sheath is made of a material defined in a class comprising collagen, gelatin, absorbable polymers and combinations thereof.
10. The combination of claim 9, wherein said inner core of said sheath is bioabsorbable.
11. A combination of claim 9, wherein said inner core of said sheath is non-absorbable.
12. A combination of claim 11, wherein said inner core material of said sheath is collagen.
13. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheath includes thrombin to minimize bleeding.
14. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheath has a longitudinally extending slit along its length for permitting radial expansion thereof whereby said sheath is inserted about said medical device.
15. The combination of claim 1, wherein said sheath has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, said distal end portion readily deformable to deform about and adhere to said tissue of said accessed body part to prevent fluid leakage therefrom.
16. A hollow tubular sheath attachable to a tubular medical device, said medical device insertable into tissue of a body, means associated with medical device and sheath for depositing said sheath into said body tissue, said sheath having a generally rigid outer coating of a material defined in a class comprising gelatin, collagen, cellulose, bioabsorbable polymers and combinations thereof, and said sheath having a distal end portion softer than said coating and which deforms and adheres to said body tissue.
17. A hollow tubular sheath attachable to a tubular medical device, said medical device insertable into tissue of a body, means associated with medical device and sheath for depositing said sheath into said body tissue, said sheath having a generally rigid outer coating of a material defined in a class comprising gelatin, collagen, cellulose, bioabsorbably polymers and combinations thereof, said sheath having a distal end portion which deforms and adheres to said body tissue and said sheath deformable distal end portion extending beyond said outer coating of said sheath after said sheath contacts said tissue of said body.
18. The sheath of claim 17, wherein said sheath further includes an inner core of a material defined in a class comprising collagen, gelatin, cellulose, absorbable polymers and combinations thereof.
19. A hemostatic sheath of claim 18, wherein said inner core is expandable and absorbs body fluids.
20. The sheath of claim 18, wherein said inner core is compressed prior to its application to said tissue.
21. The sheath of claim 16, further including thrombin to minimize bleeding.
22. A hollow tubular sheath attachable to a tubular medical device, said medical device insertable into tissue of a body, means associated with medical device and sheath for depositing said sheath into said body tissue, said sheath having a generally rigid outer coating of a material defined in a class comprising gelatin, collagen, cellulose, bioabsorbable polymers and combination thereof, said sheath having a distal end portion which deforms and adheres to said body tissue and said sheath including a slit extending longitudinally therethrough for allowing said sheath to be inserted about said tubular medical device.
23. A hollow tubular sheath in combination with a tubular medical device, said device being used for transcutaneous access to a body organ or a body duct, said tubular sheath receiving said device and having a generally rigid outer coating and an inner core, and means associated with said sheath and said device for depositing said sheath at the site where said body organ or body duct has been accessed.
24. The combination of claim 23, wherein said sheath is generally cylindrical and has an outside diameter sufficiently sized to compress said tissue transversed by said medical device whereby bleeding is minimized.
25. The combination of claim 23, wherein said sheath is bioabsorbable.
26. The combination of claim 23, wherein said sheath is hardened gelatin or collagen and includes thrombin as a substance thereof to further minimize bleeding.
27. The combination of claim 23, wherein said sheath is non-bioabsorbable.
28. The sheath of claim 27, wherein said sheath is also adapted to seal or plug said body where said body has been accessed.
29. The sheath of claim 28, wherein said body is a blood vessel and said tubular sheath is adapted to seal the opening in said blood vessel resulting from said medical device while simultaneously preventing bleeding from subcutaneous tissue adjacent said body opening.
30. A tubular sheath having a longitudinally-extending tubular opening therethrough for use with a tubular medical device accessing the tissue of a body within a human patient, said sheath adapted to be inserted in situ at said tissue where said body has been accessed to minimize bleeding and said sheath having a cylindrical outer surface and a tubular inner core adjacent said outer surface, said outer surface initially harder than said inner core.
31. The sheath of claim 30, wherein said inner core is absorbent and swells upon contact with body fluid to substantially occlude said longitudinally-extending central opening whereby said body is plugged at said access site.
32. The sheath of claim 31, wherein said outer surface is bioabsorbable to permit swelling of said inner core radially outwardly to compress the subcutaneous tissue adjacent said body tissue to minimize bleeding from said wound.
33. The sheath of claim 31, said sheath having a longitudinally-extending distal portion adjacent its distal end and a longitudinally-extending proximal portion adjacent its proximal end, said distal portion softer than said proximal portion, whereby said distal portion substantially deforms about said body tissue at the site where said body has been accessed.
34. A method of using a tubular device for sealing or plugging a wound caused by a tubular medical device used to gain access to a body part of a human patient, (a) said device being adapted for inserting said tubular medical device through the skin of a patient to gain access to a body part of the patient;
(b) providing a hollow tubular sheath having a generally rigid outer coating and an inner core about said medical device external to the skin of said patient and providing a pusher device about said medical device in contact with said sheath;
(c) pushing said hollow tubular sheath by said pusher to an in situ position generally adjacent said body part accessed by said tubular medical device;
and (d) removing said device and said pusher from the patient while leaving said sheath to seal the wound caused by said tubular medical device.
(b) providing a hollow tubular sheath having a generally rigid outer coating and an inner core about said medical device external to the skin of said patient and providing a pusher device about said medical device in contact with said sheath;
(c) pushing said hollow tubular sheath by said pusher to an in situ position generally adjacent said body part accessed by said tubular medical device;
and (d) removing said device and said pusher from the patient while leaving said sheath to seal the wound caused by said tubular medical device.
35. The device of claim 34 wherein said sheath is made of material defined in a class comprising collagen, gelatin, cellulose, absorbable polymers and combinations thereof.
36. The device of claim 35 wherein said outer coating of said sheath is bioabsorbable.
37. The device of claim 36 wherein said outer coating of said sheath is made of gelatin.
38. The device of claim 35 wherein said outer coating of said sheath is non-absorbable.
39. The device of claim 35 wherein said outer coating of said sheath is partially bioabsorbable.
40. The device of claim 34 wherein said inner core of said sheath is more absorbable than said outer coating.
41. The device of claim 40 wherein said inner core of said sheath is compressed by said outer coating.
42. The device of claim 34 wherein said inner core of said sheath is made of a material defined in a class comprising collagen, gelatin, absorbable polymers and combinations thereof.
43. The device of claim 42 wherein said inner core of said sheath is bioabsorbable.
44. A device of claim 42 wherein said inner core of said sheath is non-absorbable.
45. A device of claim 44 wherein said inner core material of said sheath is collagen.
46. The device of claim 34 wherein said sheath includes thrombin to minimize bleeding.
47. The use of a tubular device for sealing or plugging a wound caused by a tubular medical device used to gain access to a body part of a human patient, (a) inserting said tubular medical device through the skin of a patient to gain access to a body part of the patient;
(b) providing a hollow tubular sheath and radially expanding said sheath for inserting said sheath about said medical device external to the skin of said patient and providing a pusher device about said medical device in contact with said sheath, said sheath being longitudinally slitted therethrough along its length;
(c) pushing said hollow tubular sheath by said pusher to an in situ position generally adjacent said body part accessed by said tubular medical device;
and (d) removing said device and said pusher from the patient while leaving said sheath to seal the wound caused by said tubular medical device.
(b) providing a hollow tubular sheath and radially expanding said sheath for inserting said sheath about said medical device external to the skin of said patient and providing a pusher device about said medical device in contact with said sheath, said sheath being longitudinally slitted therethrough along its length;
(c) pushing said hollow tubular sheath by said pusher to an in situ position generally adjacent said body part accessed by said tubular medical device;
and (d) removing said device and said pusher from the patient while leaving said sheath to seal the wound caused by said tubular medical device.
48. The use of a tubular device for sealing or plugging a wound caused by a tubular medical device used to gain access to a body part of a human patient, (a) inserting said tubular medical device through the skin of a patient to gain access to a body part of the patient;
(b) providing a hollow tubular sheath about said medical device external to the skin of said patient and providing a pusher device about said medical device in contact with said sheath, said sheath having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, said distal end readily deformable;
(c) pushing said hollow tubular sheath by said pusher to an in situ position generally adjacent said body part accessed by said tubular medical device, deforming said distal end portion of said sheath to conform said distal end portion thereof to the tissue of said body part which has been accessed to minimize leakage of body fluid from the accessed opening of said body part to prevent fluid leakage therefrom; and (d) removing said device and said pusher from the patient while leaving said sheath to seal the wound caused by said tubular medical device.
(b) providing a hollow tubular sheath about said medical device external to the skin of said patient and providing a pusher device about said medical device in contact with said sheath, said sheath having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, said distal end readily deformable;
(c) pushing said hollow tubular sheath by said pusher to an in situ position generally adjacent said body part accessed by said tubular medical device, deforming said distal end portion of said sheath to conform said distal end portion thereof to the tissue of said body part which has been accessed to minimize leakage of body fluid from the accessed opening of said body part to prevent fluid leakage therefrom; and (d) removing said device and said pusher from the patient while leaving said sheath to seal the wound caused by said tubular medical device.
49. The device of claim 48 further including the step of radially outwardly expanding said distal end portion beyond said outer coating of said sheath after said sheath contacts said tissue of said body.
50. The device of claim 34 wherein said inner core is expandable and absorbs body fluids.
51. The device of claim 50 wherein said inner core is absorbent and swells upon contact with body fluid to substantially occlude the longitudinally-extending central opening in said sheath whereby said body is plugged at said body part opening.
52. The device of claim 34 wherein said outer coating is bioabsorbable to permit swelling of said inner core radially outwardly to compress the subcutaneous tissue adjacent said body tissue to minimize bleeding form said wound.
53. A medical device for use in a human patient to minimize bleeding comprising:
an elongated member extending along a path to a site within said patient whereat bleeding is likely to occur;
a hemostatic sheath having a central, longitudinally extending passageway receiving, generally concentrically, said elongated member and slidably disposed about said elongated member; and means for causing relative sliding motion between said sheath and said elongated member for depositing said sheath at said site whereby fluid at said site causes swelling of said hemostatic sheath along its interior and exterior surfaces to prevent bleeding from said site.
an elongated member extending along a path to a site within said patient whereat bleeding is likely to occur;
a hemostatic sheath having a central, longitudinally extending passageway receiving, generally concentrically, said elongated member and slidably disposed about said elongated member; and means for causing relative sliding motion between said sheath and said elongated member for depositing said sheath at said site whereby fluid at said site causes swelling of said hemostatic sheath along its interior and exterior surfaces to prevent bleeding from said site.
54. The medical device of claim 53 wherein said elongated member is tubular and further including means activated by said relative movement of said sheath and said tubular member for positively positioning said sheath at said site.
55. The medical device of claim 54 wherein said positioning means includes means for detecting sensatory vibration of said tubular member when and as said sheath is positioned at said site.
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