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|Henry H. Hamilton, Yuri Belman, Alexander Borisovich Zatyuryukin, Patricia A. Moore
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|Suturenetics, Inc.
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This is a continuation-in-part patent application which claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/227,981 filed Sep. 14, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,588,583, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention generally relates to medical devices, systems, and methods. In specific embodiments, the invention provides devices, systems, and methods for suturing tissues in open surgery, minimally invasive surgical procedures, and the like.
Although many aspects of surgery have changed radically over the last several decades, some surgical techniques have remained remarkably constant. For example, as was true fifty years ago, suturing remains a common technique for approximation of tissues, ligation of tissues, affixing tissues together, and the like.
Suture has been used in open surgical procedures for generations to therapeutically treat diseased tissue and to close surgical access sites and other wounds. More recently, the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques has expanded, with surgical therapies often being performed at internal surgical sites. Although a wide variety of visualization techniques (including laparoscopes and other endoscopic viewing devices, fluoroscopy and other remote imaging modalities, and the like) have been developed to allow surgeons to view these internal surgical sites, and although a large variety of new tissue treatment techniques have been developed (including ultrasound techniques, electrosurgical techniques, cryosurgical techniques, and the like) and are now widely available, many modern surgical interventions continue to rely on suturing.
A wide variety of alternatives to suturing of tissues have been developed, and have gained varying degrees of acceptance in certain surgical procedures. Staples and tissue adhesives are used quite frequently in many open and minimally invasive surgical settings, and a variety of tissue welding techniques have also been proposed. Nonetheless, suturing remains ubiquitous in surgery, as suturing provides a number of advantages over many of the alternatives.
Suture's advantages include the large knowledge and skill base that surgeons have developed over the years. Additionally, a variety of off-the-shelf, pre-packaged surgical needles with suture are available from a large number of suppliers at very reasonable cost. Surgeons are able to precisely control the location of suture stitches by grasping the suture needle and first pushing it and then pulling it through the target tissue. In open surgery the surgeon may manually grasp the suture needle directly with his or her hand, although both open and minimally invasive procedures are often performed by grasping the needle with a needle grasping tool and manipulating the tool to place the suture stitches. The results obtained using suture are highly predictable, although dependent on the skill of the surgeon. In light of its advantages, the use of suture does not appear likely to disappear any time soon, with even modern robotic surgical techniques often making use of suture.
Although suture remains popular in surgery at least in part due to its significant advantages, suturing is not without disadvantages. In particular, placing a large number of suture stitches can be tiring and quite time-consuming. Manipulation of a suture needle can be difficult even in open surgery due to the limited space that is often available around the target tissues. The challenges of manipulating suture needles may be even greater in minimally invasive surgical procedures, where the needles are often manipulated using long-handled tools extending through a small aperture, typically while viewing the procedure on a display which is offset from the surgical site. Tying knots with a desired amount of tension and the like may call for intricate and precise manipulation of the suture, further complicating and delaying open and minimally-invasive surgeries. In fact, the time spent closing/suturing the access site may be significantly greater than the time spent treating the underlying target tissues for many procedures.
There have been a variety of proposals for modifications to standard surgical suturing structures and methods to try to address the above disadvantages. At least some of these proposals may seek to rely on specialized and/or proprietary suturing needle systems, which could increase costs and preclude their wide acceptance, especially in third world countries. Unfortunately, many proposals for modifying existing suturing techniques may also decrease the surgeon's control over the placement of the suture, such as by relying on an automated or indirect mechanical movement of a device to drive a suture needle into and/or through tissues. While these new proposals have in the past or may in the future gain varying degrees of acceptance in one or more surgical procedures, standard suturing techniques continue to predominate throughout surgery in general.
In light of the above, it would be desirable to provide improved suturing devices, systems, and methods. It would be generally desirable to maintain some, most, or all of the advantages of standard suturing techniques, preferably while decreasing the time required for suturing, the strain on the surgeon, the training involved in achieving competence or time-efficiency in suturing techniques, or the like. It would be particularly advantageous if these improvements could be provided without requiring extensive capital investments for new equipment, without significant increases in complexity of the suturing process, or without having to resort to specialized or proprietary suturing needles and the like. Alternative needle grasper structures which increased the ease and accuracy of stitching, and/or which are readily adapted for a variety of different procedures and patient physiologies would also be desirable.
The present invention generally provides improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods. Embodiments of the invention provide improved suturing devices and methods that maintain some or all of the advantages of standard open and/or minimally invasive suturing techniques while providing enhanced speed and ease of use. Exemplary suturing devices may hold a suture needle at a fixed location relative to a handle of the device, allowing the surgeon to grasp and manipulate the handle so as to insert the needle through the tissues to be sutured in a manner closely analogous to use of a standard needle gripper. Cycling of the handle of the device from a closed position to an open position and back to the closed position may result in the needle being alternatingly gripped by a first clamp (for example, along a proximal portion of the needle, suitable for insertion of the tip of the needle into and through tissue), and then by a second clamp (for example, along a distal portion of the needle, suitable for pulling the protruding needle out from the tissue), and optionally again by the first clamp (ready for initiation of the next stitch). The needle will often remain at a substantially fixed location relative to the body and handle of the suturing device during at least the insertion and/or pulling of the needle through the tissue, allowing the surgeon to maintain precise control over needle movement and positioning of the suture. Advantageously, standard off-the-shelf suturing needles with their attached suture may be used, and the device may be employed in an open surgical setting or a minimally invasive procedure. Needle grasping devices and methods are also provided which can be bent plastically by a surgeon for use in a particular patient, and/or having advantageous ergonomics for use in surgery, these needle graspers optionally having only a single clamp for grasping of an associated needle.
In a first aspect, the invention provides a suturing method. The suturing method comprises inserting a distal portion of a suturing needle distally through a tissue by moving a body of a suturing device. The body is moved while a clamp of the suturing device holds the needle at a fixed location relative to the body. The distal portion of the needle is grasped with a second clamp of the suturing device, and the proximal portion of the needle is released from the first clamp. The proximal portion of the needle is pulled through the tissue by moving the body while the second clamp holds the needle.
The second clamp will often hold the needle at a fixed location relative to the body of the suturing device while the needle is pulled free. The needle may also remain at a substantially fixed location relative to the body of the suturing device while alternating the clamps, for example, by grasping the proximal portion of the needle with the first clamp and only then releasing the distal portion of the needle from the second clamp. The inserting of the distal portion of the needle into the tissue with the first clamp, switching clamps, and then pulling the proximal portion of the needle through the tissue with the second clamps can significantly facilitate forming a plurality of suture stitches, and may avoid completely releasing the needle and/or re-aligning the needle with the device each time a stitch is formed. Handing the needle back and forth between the first and second clamps will often be effected by actuating a handle of the suturing device with a hand of a surgeon, the handle typically moving from an open handed configuration to a closed grasp configuration. Preferably, the handle will be in the closed grasp configuration at least while inserting the distal portion of the needle into tissues.
In the exemplary embodiments, cycling the handle (for example, from closed to open, and back to closed) alternates which clamp of the suturing device is supporting the needle from the first clamp, to the second clamp, and back (optionally) to the first clamp. By having both clamps supporting the needle for at least a portion of the handle actuation cycle, unintended movement of the needle relative to the body of the device (and the handle) can be inhibited.
The suturing device body will often include a housing containing a linkage, and the linkage may include an alternatable drive element. The linkage will often drivingly couple the handle to the first and second clamps. With each handle actuation cycle, the alternatable drive element may move back an forth between a first configuration and a second configuration. In its first configuration, the alternatable drive element may drive a first portion of the linkage coupled to the first clamp. In its second configuration the alternatable drive element may drive a second portion of the linkage coupled to the second clamp.
In an exemplary embodiment, the handle actuation cycle may effect rotation of a drive wheel. The first and second linkage portions may each comprise a driven wheel, and the alternatable drive element in the first configuration may drivingly couple the drive wheel with the driven wheel of the first linkage portion. In the second configuration of the alternatable drive element, it may drivingly couple the drive wheel with a driven wheel of the second linkage portion. The alternatable drive element may be, for example, slidingly or pivotally attached to the drive wheel and may move back and forth so as to engage surfaces of the driven wheels on either side of the drive wheel, with the wheels being driven about a common axis. Other linkage embodiments may employ an alternatable drive element in the form of a slider having alternative positions during axial movement, or the like. Still further alternative linkage embodiments may employ rack and pinion gears and cams, cables, and/or the like, with or without alternatable drive elements.
In many embodiments, the first clamp will be displaced laterally from around an axis of the needle when the second clamp is used to move the needle through tissue. Similarly, the second clamp may be displaced laterally from around the needle when the first clamp is used to move the needle through tissue. Each clamp may, for example, be mounted to an associated shaft, and these shafts may reciprocate so as to extend distally from a housing of the body before closing of the clamp around the needle. In some embodiments, the clamp may also pivot about an axis of the shaft while moving between a retraced position and an extended needle grasping position. A spring or other biasing means may inhibit closing of the clamp before the clamp is properly disposed around the needle, or the linkage may otherwise be configured to extend the shaft before closing of the clamp. In some embodiments, the shafts, clamps, and needle may move axially slightly relative to the housing of the body when the handle is cycled.
Conveniently, a release input may be provided on the suturing device so as to release the needle from both the first and second clamps. The needle may comprise an off-the-shelf needle which is sold primarily for standard open or laparoscopic procedures. These needles often come prepackaged with suture, and are available in a large variety of needle sizes and configuration, suture types (including resorbable and non-resorbable sutures), and the like, often at very modest costs. Alternatively, specialized needles may also be employed. An alternatable latch may optionally maintain either of the clamps closed over the needle during needle manipulation. The body and handle may be configured so that a rigid portion of the body can be comfortably grasped by the hand while a portion of the hand (such as the fingers) articulates the handle, so that inadvertent movement of the body and needle relative to the hand is inhibited. The surgeon may optionally plastically bend a distal extension of the body along its longitudinal axis for use with a particular patient physiology. In such embodiments, drive components within the body will typically be sufficiently flexible to allow operation of the clamps through the bent body
In another aspect, the invention provides a suturing device for use with a suture needle. The device comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A first clamp is disposed near the distal end of the body. A second clamp is also disposed near the distal end of the body. A linkage effects movement of the first and second clamps between a grasping configuration and a displaced configuration. Each clamp grasps the needle at an associated grasping location in the grasping configuration, and is laterally displaced from the needle in the displaced configuration. The grasping locations are substantially fixed relative to the body.
In another aspect, the invention provides a suturing device for use with a suturing needle. The device comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end. A handle is disposed near the proximal end of the body. The handle is actuatable from a first configuration to a second configuration and back to the first configuration so as to define an actuation cycle. A first clamp and a second clamp are disposed near the distal end of the body, and the clamps are coupled to the handle so that an actuation cycle initiated while the first clamp is grasping the needle results in grasping of the needle with the second clamp and release of the needle from the first clamp, and (optionally) then in the first clamp grasping the needle and the needle being released from the second clamp.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a suturing device for use with a suturing needle. The suturing device comprises a body having a proximal end and a distal end, with a clamp extendable distally of the body. Biasing means is coupled to the clamp to urge the clamps closed sufficiently to grasp the needle therein for suturing with the needle. An articulatable handle is disposed near the proximal end of the body, and a linkage couples the handle to the clamp so that manual articulation of the handle opens the clamp to release the needle. Such suturing devices may optionally have only a single needle-grasping clamp.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a suturing device for use with a suturing needle. The suturing device comprises a rigid body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a clamp extendable distally of the body. An articulatable handle near the proximal end of the body is configured for manipulation by fingers of a hand while the hand engages the body near the proximal end. A linkage coupling the handle to the clamp so that manual articulation of the handle by the fingers effects opening and closing of the clamp to grasp and release the needle. Only a single clamp may be provided, or a plurality of clamps, with the device ideally enhancing control over movement of the needle by the hand by inhibiting movement of the needle relative to the hand during opening and closing of the clamp.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a method for securing suture using a needle driver. The method comprises placing a suture through a tissue by grasping a proximal end of a needle with the needle driver and inserting the needle into the tissue at a first insertion point. The needle is inserted with the needle driver so that a distal end of the needle protrudes from the tissue at a first exit point. The distal end of the needle is grasped by the needle driver and pulled distally from the tissue, with the suture being coupled to the needle. A first suture loop is formed in the tissue by, after the suture has been placed through the tissue, again supporting the proximal end of the needle with the needle driver, inserting the needle into the tissue at a second insertion point and removing the needle from a second exit point in a manner similar to that used to first place the suture through the tissue. A second loop is formed in a similar manner, resulting in a third insertion point and a third exit point, and a third loop is also formed. The third loop extends across at least one (and preferably both) of the first and second loops between a third exit point and the fourth insertion point so as to define crossed loops in the suture. The needle is pulled from the fourth exit point sufficiently that the crossed loops secure the suture to the tissue. Advantageously, this knot may be formed without releasing the needle driver from the hand of the surgeon. The needle grasping and driving devices described herein are particularly advantageous for use in this method.
The present invention is generally directed to improved medical suturing devices, systems, and methods. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide improved suturing devices and methods for suturing tissues that can significantly increase the speed and ease of suturing, particularly when suturing of long incisions or where large numbers of stitches are to be deployed.
The invention should find a wide variety of applications for stitching anatomical tissues in both humans and animals. Along with endoscopic operations (for example, in laparoscopy) these structures and methods may find use in other areas of surgery where tissues are to be stitched, providing particular advantages for stitching of large incisions by increasing the ease and speed with which each individual stitch may be placed, as well as facilitating and expediting the formation of knots in the suture. The suturing devices and associated methods described herein may, for example, be used suture a wide variety of strata of anatomical tissues, including (but not limited to) subcutaneous layers, fascia, the outer skin, various organs (including the uterus), and the like. While exemplary embodiments are set forth below, these suturing devices and methods may be applicable to a wide variety of suturing operations, including open surgery, large and small cavity procedures, endoscopic procedures, microsurgeries (including for suturing of veins, arteries, and the like), and many specialized surgeries. Embodiments of these devices and methods may be particularly useful for surgeries involving long incisions, including plastic surgeries. A wide variety of blood vessels, including both veins and arteries, may also be stitched using the techniques described herein, for formation of anastomoses and the like. Along with increasing the speed and/or ease of forming surgical suture stitches, embodiments of the invention will often maintain the control a doctor has over the placement of the sutures by maintaining a fixed relationship between the movements of the doctor's hand and the insertion and withdrawal of the suturing needle. Hence, among the procedures which may benefit from the invention are subcuticular peritoneum, fascia closure, and skin closure.
While embodiments of the invention may include (or be used within) a powered or automated system, optionally making use of electromechanical power, hydraulic power, or the like (for example, with some embodiments being included within a robotic system), other embodiments may be configured for manual manipulation by one or more hands of a surgeon, often without having to resort to complex subsystems or external power.
Many embodiments of the devices described herein will be sterilizable so as to allow repeated use. Sterilization may be effected using autoclave techniques, chemical sterilization, irradiation, or the like, with most or all of the structures of the suturing device being formed of materials suitable for repeated sterilization (such as stainless steel, other metals and alloys, and the like). In general, the suturing device may comprise one or more plastics and/or metals common to surgical devices. Although specialized or proprietary suturing needles may be employed in some embodiments (for example, needles having flat gripping surfaces so as to maintain an alignment between the needle and an associated clamp), many embodiments of the suturing device will be suitable for use with standard off-the-shelf suture needles such as those packaged with any of a wide variety of permanent or resorbable suture materials in a hermetically sealed package. In fact, the invention may find some of its most immediate applications for facilitating surgical procedures performed manually in Third World countries, allowing physicians to treat a larger number of patients with greater ease than can be done using standard suturing techniques, but without the cost or complexity of recently-proposed automated suturing systems.
Referring now to
Suturing device 102 generally has a body 112 having a proximal end 108 and a distal end 110. A pair of clamps 3 are disposed near the distal end 110, while first and second handles 6, 8 are disposed near proximal end 108. Body 112 may include a proximal housing 7 and a distal extension 4. The distal extension may have a pair of channels, with each channel reciprocatably receiving a shaft 2 supporting an associated clamp 3.
In this embodiment, clamps 3 are mirror-symmetric, although they may alternatively have differing shapes. Clamps 3 are generally offset so as to grip axially offset portions of needle 1, with one of the clamps gripping a more proximal portion of the needle and the other clamp gripping a more distal portion of the needle. When handles 6, 8 are in a close-handed configuration as illustrated in
With each actuation cycle of handles 6, 8, the clamp 3 supporting needle 1 is alternated so that a needle initially supported by grasping the needle in first clamp along a proximal portion of the needle will, when handles 6, 8 are in open-handed configuration 114, instead be supported by the second clamp along a more distal portion of the needle. As handles 6,8 move back to the closed-handed configuration to complete the cycle, the clamps again alternate, so that closing of the handle results in extension of the proximal clamp, gripping of needle 1 with that proximal clamp, release of the needle from the distal clamp, and retraction of the distal clamp. The position of needle 1 relative to body 112 may remain substantially fixed throughout the handle actuation cycle, although the shafts may move axially slightly as the needle goes from being held by one clamp, to both clamps, and then to the other clamp, with this movement of the needle being less than a length of the needle.
Referring now to
Referring now to
Lug 13 generally comprises an alternatable configuration driving element. Lug 13 either drivingly couples driving wheel 11 with driven wheel 10, or with driven wheel 12, depending on the configuration of lug 13 at the time. More specifically, when lug 13 is disposed above a guide 15 as shown in
As can be understood with reference to
Moving wedges 31 within shafts 2 also have lengthwise slots 118 for receiving guiding pins 32. The wedge surfaces of moving wedges 32 engage corresponding surfaces of working jaws 25, with the working jaws forming the open and closable structure of clamps 3. More specifically, distal movement of moving wedge 31 against a corresponding surface of working jaws 25 closes clamps 3, the working jaws being attached to a distal clevis of shaft 2 by axle 27. A spring ring 30 biases working jaws 25 to an open configuration, allowing them to move around and capture needle 1 before the working jaws are forced shut by the moving wedges.
Working jaws 25 may have a variety of surfaces for holding needle 1, the clamps preferably holding the needle so that movement of the needle relative to suturing device 100 is inhibited during stitching. The surfaces of working jaws 25 may be hardened by deposition of diamond or a diamond-like carbon, or inserts 26 of a material harder than that of working jaws 25 may be provided. Optionally, working jaws 25 may have hard-surfaced inserts comprising tungsten and/or cobalt, with the inserts optionally being fabricated using powder sintering or the like.
A return spring 28 extends between pin 28 in working jaws 25 and the guiding pin 32, with the return spring partially fixed within a lumen of moving wedge 31. A spring 34 in the proximal portion of moving wedge 31 is held by a plug 37, with the distal end of spring 34 interacting with shaft 2 via thrust ring 33. Spring 34 can bring the moving wedge 31 into a position suitable for releasing the working jaws. A compensation spring 36 pressed against plug 37 writes on a rod 35 of a pusher 42 so as to maintain a desired axial force. Pusher 42 has an insert 40, which is connected with the pusher 42 by pin 39 and lug 38. The lug rotates about axle 41.
When handles 6 and 8 are moved apart to an open-handed configuration 114, a retracted clamp 3 and its associated shaft 2 moves from within a channel of body extension 4. While retracted, the moving wedge 31 is biased by spring 34 away from working jaws 25, so that spring ring 30 is free to open the clamp to allow it to extend around needle 1. Extension of compensating spring 34 may be at its greatest point while the associated clamp 3 is retracted, and insert 40 extends from pusher 42 with lug 38 in the insert.
As handles 6 and 8 are brought together, driving wheel 11 is turned by connector ties 18, 19. Lug 38 interacts with thrust surface 24 of driven wheel 10 and moves the driven wheel 10 in rotation. The motion of driven wheel 10 is transferred by tie rod 14 so as to move insert 40 axially along body extension 4. The insert, in turn, moves the pusher 42 along body extension 4, the relative position of the insert 40 and pusher 42 being maintained by an inner surface of shaft 2 interacting with plug 30 so as to inhibit rotation of the plug about axle 41. Pusher 42 presses spring 34 and compensation spring 32, and via plug 37 and thrust ring 33, moves shaft 2. The movement of shaft 2 overcomes spring 29 and extends the shaft from the channel of body extension 4.
During distal movement of pusher 42, spring 34 and compensating spring 36 are sufficiently stiff so as to inhibit elongation, as their spring coefficients are significantly higher than that of return spring 29. However, engagement between an end of slot 118 in shaft 2 and guiding pin 32 eventually inhibits further distal movement of the shaft.
Once shaft 2 has stopped its distal movement (due to engagement of lengthwise slot 118 with guiding pin 32), spring 34 begins to contract, its rigidity being lower than that of compensating spring 26. As a result, moving wedge 31 begins to extend distally relative to working jaws 25, the corresponding surfaces of the wedge and working jaws sliding against each other so as to move the proximal ends of the working jaws apart and bringing the distal needle gripping inserts 26 of working jaws 25 together so as to grasp needle 1. As spring 34 contracts, contraction of compensation spring 36 also begins and the insert 40 moves. When lug 38 extends into and/or engages window 2 a of shaft 2, pusher 42 engages a surface of body extension 4 or proximal housing 7, and axial movement of the pusher stops. Insert 40 continues moving, so that lug 38 rotates around axle 41. The lug interacts with an edge of shaft 2 and, overcoming compensation spring 36, starts to draw shaft 2 and its contents into body extension 4.
The clamping force on needle 1 by clamps 3 may be determined by the spring characteristics of compensating spring 36 so as to remain within a desired range. Advantageously, the clamping force imposed by suturing device 100 on needle 1 may correspond to forces applied by standard needle holders. Thrust surface 23 of driven wheel 12 approaches a tooth of spring-loaded fixing arm 17, and overcoming the spring, the thrust surface passes under the tooth, releasing the tooth so that the tooth and thrust surface are positioned for neutral engagement. After the thrust surface 23 of the driven wheel 12 passes beyond the tooth of spring loaded fixing arm 17, engagement of the thrust surface and tooth inhibit the return of the driving linkage 116 to its prior configuration, thereby inhibiting the release of needle 1 from the closed working jaws 25 so that the needle is not dropped.
As handles 6, 8 continue to move toward the open-handed configuration of the handle actuation cycle, movement of driven wheel 12 is inhibited by spring-loaded fixing arm 17. Driving wheel 11 nonetheless turns, and is reset. More specifically, incline 22 of driven wheel 12 moves lug 13 from a configuration above guide 15 to a configuration in which the lug is disposed under the guide. Hence, when handles 6, 8 continue to move, here towards a closed-handed configuration, the lug 13 will interact with thrust surface 24 of the driven wheel 10. The description above regarding driven wheel 12 is thus repeated but with driven wheel 10 instead. When moving under the spring-loaded fixing arm 17, the thrust surface 23 of driven wheel 12 lifts the spring-loaded fixing arm 17 and releases driven wheel 10.
By action of spring 34, moving wedge 31 is retracted proximally from between the proximal ends of working jaws 25, so that the proximal ends of the working jaws are brought together by spring-loaded ring 30. Distal ends of working jaws 25 thereby move apart and the needle is released.
Each repeated opening and closing actuating cycle of handles 6, 8 alternates the needle between being held by one, and then the other of clamps 3, and often back to the first clamp. In other embodiments, each handle actuation cycle effects transfer of the needle from one clamp to the other, with the needle returning to be held solely by the first clamp only with a second handle actuation cycle. Regardless, during each cycle each retracted clamp is preferably extended around an associated portion of needle 1 and is closed before the previously extended clamp opens, so that the needle is held continuously by at least one of clamps 3 throughout the handle actuation cycle.
If it is desired to release needle 1 from suturing device 112 at any time during, before, or after a handle actuation cycle, release can be effected by pressing on release input button 16. Pressing on button 16 causes spring-loaded fixing arm 17 to lift away from driven wheels 10 and 12, thereby resetting the clamps in their proximal opened configuration.
Referring now to
As can be understood with reference to
As can be understood with reference to
Prior to initiating a second stitch, the surgeon can cycle handles 6, 8 by closing the handles with his/her hand, or by opening and closing the handles through a full actuation cycle. This results in grasping of needle 1 by first clamp 3 a and release of the needle by second clamp 3 b, exposing the distal portion of the needle and displacing the second clamp from the needle so that the needle is ready to again insert through tissue T, as can be understood with reference to
As can be understood from the illustrations in
Referring now to
Shaft 47 has a lengthwise slot 52 for receiving a guiding pin, while a proximal extension of the working jaws of clamps 43, 44 has a spiral lengthwise slot 51 receiving guiding pin 48. Shafts 47 are connected with pushers 53, and ride in distal body extension 45, with the distal body extension again having openings for receiving the guiding pins.
In alternative suturing device 120, as the guiding pins 45 ride within spiral slot 51 due to axial motion of clamps 43, 44, the clamp rotates away from a needle 1 about the axis of shaft 47 when the clamp retracts proximally.
The rotation of clamps 43, 44 with axial movement of shafts 47 as effected by actuation of handles 6, 8 can be understood with reference to
Referring now to
Note that in embodiment 140, needle 1 generally extends along a plane of actuation of handle 62. In contrast, in suturing device 102, illustrated in
Referring now to
First clamp 69 has elongate levers 73 and 74, while second clamp 70 has levers 75 and 76. Tie rods 83 and 85 axially actuate rack 77 via rod 84, resulting in rotation of cams 78, 79, and large cams 81, 82. The large cams axially extend associated levers 74 and 75 so as to axially extend their associated clamps, while a spring 80 proximally withdraws the clamps when allowed by their cams. The small cams open and close the clamps via levers 73 and 76, with the levers generally acting as followers along the cam surfaces.
Referring now to
A still further exemplary suturing device embodiment 220 can be seen in side and cross-sectional top views in
The components and use of drive linkage 228 of suturing device 220 can be understood with reference to
Reviewing the sequence of actuation of these components schematically,
Additional movement by drive element 230 results in axial movement of pushers 240, 242, causing the striker 246 to move into alignment with a window in the shaft 236, and thus allowing the striker to engage and reposition latch 232. As the reconfigured latch 232 inhibits proximal movement of shaft 236, the handle may be returned (often to its extended position, as can be understood with reference to
Once the handle returns to its starting or extended position, needle 250 may be inserted into and through the tissue. Returning of the handle also reconfigures alternatable drive element 230 to engage the other, previously non-driven clamp actuation components, with the other shaft 236 again moving distally along its axis due to movement of the handle to engage and compress pin 248 (as seen in
Structures and methods which inhibit gradual displacement of needle 250 relative to suturing device 220 during repeated cycling of drive linkage 228 can be understood with reference to
Referring now to
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After forming of the third loop, the needle and/or suture distal of the third loop is pulled sufficiently tight to bring the crossing sutures into firm engagement. The suture tension on the outer third loop presses against the inner first and/or second loop, which is counteracted by the compression of the encircled tissue within the inner loops. This, with the friction between suture and the tissue, can effectively anchor the suture to the tissue and prevent axial movement of the suture when the suture proximal of knot 302 is pulled proximally, and/or when the suture distal of the knot is pulled distally.
Advantageously, knot 302 can be tied using motions similar to those used to form basic stitches, preferably without having to remove a needle driver or grasper such as the suturing devices described herein from the hand of the surgeon, optionally using only one hand of the surgeon (often that holds the suturing device) to completely form the knot. Additionally, deleterious abrasion of the suture (such as that which can occur when other knots are tied away from the tissue and then moved down the suture to the tissue) can be reduced or effectively eliminated.
While exemplary embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, by way of example and for clarity of understanding, a variety of modifications, changes, and adaptations will be obvious to those of skill in the art. For example, along with the exemplary drive linkages described herein, still further drive linkages may be provided, including those making use of cables and pulleys, worm gears, and the like. Hence, the scope of the present invention is limited solely by the appended claims.
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|Articulating suturing device and method
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|Klein Enrique J
|Device and method for suturing of internal puncture sites
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|Sherwood Services Ag
|Latching mechanism for forceps
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|Design Standards Corporation
|Suturing device
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|Rhaphis Medical, Inc.
|Suturing Device, System, and Method
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|Abbott Laboratories
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|Nippon Sherwood Medical Industries Ltd.
|Medical Suturing Device
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|Covidien AG
|Medical suturing tool with gripping device
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|Feb 2, 2006
|Houston Stereotactic Concepts
|Semi-robotic suturing device
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|Mar 2, 2006
|Zimmer Spine, Inc.
|Helical suturing device
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|Instituto Tecnologico De Canarias, S.A. (Itc)
|Surgical needle holder for stitch suturing
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|Rhaphis Medical, Inc.
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|Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
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|Suturtek Incorporated
|Apparatus and method for tissue closure
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|Tayside Health Board
|Device and method for improved surgical suturing
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|Orhan Seyfi Aksakal
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|"Endo Stitch™ 10 mm Suturing Device Instructions for Use and product description," 4 pages downloaded from internet May 20, 2005, by United States Surgical, a division of Tyco Healthcare Group LP (2005).
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|"Fastclose™ Device, Instructions for use," product brochure, 2 pages published by SuturTek, Inc. (2001).
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|SafePath Medical, Inc.
|Apparatus and method for suturing tissue
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|May 3, 2016
|SafePath Medical, Inc.
|Suturing device having an internal suture dispensing mechanism
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|Jan 31, 2017
|SafePath Medical, Inc.
|Means and methods for suturing tissue
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|SafePath Medical, Inc.
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|Rhaphis Medical, Inc.
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|Suturenetics, Inc.
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|International Classification
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|European Classification
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Oldsmar talk turns global
OLDSMAR — In the wake of recent layoffs, Oldsmar officials continue to meet with top executives of the Nielsen Co. to make sure the city gets its money's worth for the incentives it has paid to create high-wage jobs.
But there's a new tone to the City Council's discussions.
Gone are statements like, "to think they have the gall to take taxpayers' money and then lay people off," as council member Suzanne Vale said in April.
And in their place is a spoken appreciation of the company's place in the global economy — and Oldsmar's.
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| Drug Approvals: Circumstances under which an active ingredient may be simultaneously marketed in both a prescription drug product and an over-the-counter drug product
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|Mrs. Carolyn Mulligan
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|10/12/2005 06:10:55
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|Mrs. Carolyn Mulligan
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| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the action regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously marketed in both prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the act regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously market in both a prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
|B. Is there significant confusion regarding FDA's interpretation of section 503(b) of the act?
|C. If so, would a rulemaking on this issue help dispet that confusion?
| A. If FDA limited sale of an OTC product to a particular subpopulation, e.g., by making the product available to the subpopulation by prescription only, would FDA be able to enforce such a limitation as a matter of law?
| A. Assuming it is legal to market the same active ingredient in both a prescription and OTC product, may the different products be legally sold in the same package?
|No, this would only contribute to the problematic enforcement issues.
|B. If the two products may be lawfully sold in a single package, under what circumstances would it be inappropriate to do so?
|It would always be inappropriate to do so
| The morning-after pill should not be sold at all, let alone without a prescription. Many studies have indicated an *increase* in the rates of both abortion and STDs when the morning-after pill has been made available to the subject population. And making it non-prescription based on an arbitrary age limit will have the same result as age limits on alcohol - if someone wants it, they will get it, either through the use of a false ID, bribery of someone in the approved age group, or a black market. This is common sense, and should be the overriding consideration in the FDA's decision.


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Here's something you don't see every day: factory-sponsored, low-interest-rate financing deals on new BMWs. But they are out there now, because even luxury brands are getting bounced around by a choppy economy. Several major luxury brands, including BMW, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Infiniti, are promoting discounted leases or other price-cutting deals to spur sales. These brands tend to shy away from mass-market come-ons such as direct cash rebates or "employee pricing" offers. But the deals are there waiting for customers who start bargaining. In August, 63 percent of luxury vehicle sales involved some kind of cut-rate financing, compared with 43 percent a year earlier, according to data from the Power Information Network, which harvests transaction data from dealerships.
The average cash rebate offered by luxury brands in August was $3,240, up from $2,624 a year earlier, PIN's surveys found. But a few brands went above and beyond. Land Rover's British-made SUVs went off lots in August with an average $7,016 cash rebate tucked into the glove box, according to PIN data. Land Rover's deals outdid Cadillac and Lincoln — which have tended to discount more heavily than European and Japanese brands. General Motors Corp.'s Cadillac brand offered cash rebates averaging $4,105 a vehicle last month, up from $2,758 a vehicle the year before, according to PIN.
Discounts in the luxury vehicle segment are seasonal and cyclical. They tend to be richest in the fall, when carmakers launch their new models, and in the dead of winter — December and January, according to data from Edmunds.com, which tracks the ebb and flow of incentives. The cyclical part has to do with the automakers' product timing. When important model lines get old, the discounts rise.
Minor ups and downs in the economy tend to have less impact on luxury car demand, because affluent consumers usually ride out those dips without much real damage to their financial profiles. But if the storm gets violent enough, even well-to-do people will rethink whether it's essential to trade in a perfectly good car.
That's happening now. The coinciding crunches in the real-estate market and the finance industry apparently have prompted difficult discussions around kitchen tables, even in homes with granite countertops.
Sales in the "lower luxury" car segment, which includes the BMW 3-Series, Acura TL, Infiniti G35 and Lexus ES and IS models, are down 10.3 percent for the year through Aug. 31, according to Autodata figures. That's almost five times worse than the 2.1 percent decline for passenger-car sales overall. Total luxury car sales are down 14.2 percent for the first eight months of 2008. Luxury sport-utility vehicle sales are down nearly 18 percent for the year so far — a decline that understates the accompanying effect on carmakers' profits.
BMW's U.S. marketing arm has extended its low-interest-rate financing offers on 2008 models to the end of October, though the deals on certain models aren't as generous as in August. If you qualify, you can get a 0.9 percent loan on a 335i sedan or a free automatic transmission.


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Sam & Cat is Basic Cable's Number-One Kids' Live-Action Series; SpongeBob SquarePants and Sanjay and Craig are Top Animation Series;
and Paw Patrol and Bubble Guppies are Top Preschool Series
NEW YORK – Feb. 4, 2014 – Nickelodeon ended the first week of February (1/27/14-2/02/14) as the top basic cable net with Kids 2-11 (3.1/974K, up +11% over last year) and total viewers (1.8 million).
The week featured a strong performance from Sam & Cat, which led the week as the top kids' live-action series with Kids 2-11 (4.8/1.5M, up +30% versus a year ago) and scored 2.7 million total viewers.
SpongeBob SquarePants and Sanjay and Craig led Kids 2-11 as the top two animated series for the week. SpongeBob posted a 5.5/1.8M, up +20% from the same time period last year, followed by Sanjay and Craig which scored a 4.8/1.5M with the demo. These two animation hits also rank as the week's top two kids' programs with total viewers, pulling 3.4 million and 2.9 million, respectively.
Among preschoolers, Paw Patrol ranked as the top preschool series with Kids 2-5 (8.1/1.0M, up +65%), for the 5th consecutive week. Bubble Guppies also performed well with the demo, following Paw Patrol with a 6.6/825K and posting +29% year-over-year gains.
Nickelodeon, now in its 34th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 19 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).


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Through its Twitter account Tuesday, LulzSec claimed it had taken down gaming magazine The Escapist as well as the website and log-in server for massively multiplayer game "EVE Online," the log-in server for online action-strategy game "League of Legends," and the log-in server of popular indie game "Minecraft."
And a visit to those websites showed that, sure enough, they had bit the digital dust.
Meanwhile, like a playground bully, LulzSec spent Tuesday morning taunting those it had taken down with various tweets.
"@EveOnline our boats sunk your inferior spaceships, ujelly," they fired off at the official "EVE" Twitter account. And they added, "Silly Eve have taken their entire network offline after our very simple DDoS attack. Oh well, another day, another lulz!"
And LulzSec had a post for those gamers upset by their attack on "Mincraft" as well: "If you're mad about Minecraft, we'd love to laugh at you over the phone. Call 614-LULZSEC for your chance to reach Pierre Dubois! :3"
Tuesday's victims were just the latest game-related sites to come under attack from the loosely-knit collective LulzSec (so named because "lulz" is Internet slang for laughs).
On Monday, LulzSec announced it had hacked the website for popular game developer Bethesda Softworks — the makers of games like "Brink" and the "Elder Scrolls" series — and had taken the personal information of some 200,000 users. But the group claimed that because it "liked" the development company it wouldn't reveal the users' personal information.
It's unclear why LulzSec would target Bethesda, "EVE Online," "League of Legends" and especially "Minecraft" — which is an underdog of a game if ever there was one and an outstanding example of the kind of great game a small developer working outside the mainstream corporate setting can create. (By the way, Markus "Notch" Persson has said his server is now back up and operational.)
But then again, who says hackers have to make sense?
One commenter over at Slashdot suggested that "EVE Online" might have been targeted because of the news announced at E3 last week that the game's maker was launching an "EVE"-related title exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 3. And everyone knows how hackers feel about Sony.
Meanwhile, perhaps "Minecraft" was victimized because it was announced last week that the game will soon appear on the Xbox 360?
As for The Escapist, the game magazine (or at least their readers) appeared to have stuck a stick in the hacking hornet's nest. A tweet by LulzSec suggested that this Escapist discussion thread full of gamers making angry comments about hackers had caught their eye. So does that mean LulzSec isn't a fan of free speech? If they don't like something someone writes about them, they simply aim and fire?
Or perhaps it's all just random ransacking. LulzSec did announce via its Twitter account that it was taking recommendations from its followers to determine who it should attack next. And the group did recently tweet: "We did it because they couldn't stop us."
Certainly LulzSec has been very busy in the last few weeks. It has laid claim to breaking into the websites of PBS, Sony Pictures, Nintendo and others. And yesterday it attacked not only the game sites, but a porn site and a Senate website as well.
While attacks on big and seemingly "faceless" corporations may not have inspired much ire from some corners of the gaming and online worlds, these attacks on smaller companies and groups have certainly fired many people up.
Tweeted one angry gamer to LulzSec: "OMG yeah so mad SO F%#&ing MAD!!! I know thats what you want but wtf what did they do?"
Tweeter Markus Nigrin summed it up best: "Great move by @lulzsec taking down Minecraft. Independent game devs are such great targets "
Yes, the question is, with LulzSec's increasingly mean-spirited attacks, how many people are laughing?


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His endorsement was coveted during the long primary season and he was courted by the Democratic contenders, yet Al Gore chose to stay on the sidelines until today.
Tonight at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, home of the 2008 Stanley Cup Champions Red Wings, the former Vice President will appear at a rally with presumptive nominee Barack Obama and give him the Goreacle stamp of approval.
In an email to his supporters today, Gore committed to doing everything he can to make sure Obama wins in November and gave his unambiguous endorsement: "On the issues that matter most, Barack Obama is clearly the right choice to lead our nation."
"Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges -- including bringing our troops home from Iraq, fixing our economy, and solving the climate crisis. Barack Obama is clearly the candidate best able to solve these problems and bring change to America," the former Vice President said.
A few questions:
Why now and not a few weeks ago when Obama was still battling with Hillary Clinton for the nomination? (Remember, Gore is a superdelegate so his endorsement is twice-as-nice.)
Is Gore on that VP list being shopping around by Obama's vetting squad?
How much money will the Obama campaign bring in from the members of AlGore.com?
Gore endorsed Al Franken in the Minnesota Senate race. Will Obama follow his lead? (ABC News' Jake Tapper asked this question today.)
Will we ever see a day of dueling conference calls, with Gore playing surrogate for the Obama campaign and his 2000 running mate Sen. Joe Lieberman doing the same for the McCain campaign?
Speaking in Flint, MI today, Obama said that the Gore endorsement "means a lot" and said the two have been talking throughout the primary season, per ABC News' Sunlen Miller.
"We've had ongoing conversations about a whole host of issues. A lot of them around climate change, energy, and the environment. But you know he's also provided good political advice," Obama said. "[H]e's somebody who has been a visionary but just for the party but the country. And there are very few people who are more knowledgeable than he is on a whole host of issues and challenges we're going to me facing in the years to come."
ABC News' Miller and Nitya Venketaraman report that though the former vice president has been largely invisible from the presidential primary season up until today, "his presence in the party -- that of Democratic heavyweight-cum-Novel Prize-winning environmental crusader-cum-party elder -- always lingered near."
In April, Obama said he would consider the former vice president and 2000 Democratic presidential nominee for a Cabinet position in his administration. "I can guarantee you that Al Gore will be invited to take part in my administration. And I don't know what he'll want to so and what he'll be willing to accept," Obama said at the time in Indiana, per Miller and Venketaraman.
In March, Obama said "I've talked to him mostly about policy -gotten guidance and good ideas from him and so I'm not really pushing for an endorsement. I'd love to have it but you know when you've won the Nobel Peace prize you know, making an endorsement politically you know may be a step down but he's very supportive in terms of thinking through ideas."
Tivo Alert! ABC News' Jake Tapper sat down with Obama in Flint, MI for a wide-ranging interview that hit on bipartisanship, general election polling and going after women voters.
Asked why he hasn't seen a bounce in his poll numbers after wrapping up the nomination, Obama chalked it up to "an extraordinary primary" and a "long, long contest." Obama also said that McCain was "getting a pass" from the media for three months while he continued to battle it out against Sen. Hillary Clinton.
With California starting tonight to issue marriage license to same-sex couples, Obama reiterated his opposition to same-sex marriage and said that the action in California does not bother him and does not cause him to re-think his pledge to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. "I still think that these are decisions that need to be made at a state and local level," Obama said. "I'm a strong supporter of civil unions. And I think that, you know, we're involved in a national conversation about this issue."
McCain on Energy
John McCain is in Houston tomorrow and will deliver remarks on energy. The presumptive Republican nominee said today that he will call for lifting the federal moratorium for states that choose to permit off-shore energy and gas exploration and repeat his call for a gas tax holiday.
"We've seen the impact of [the energy crisis] in the form of food prices, the form of gasoline, and the form of threats of inflation, and indeed indications of inflation. We must embark on a national mission to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil and reduce greenhouse gases through the development of alternative energy sources," McCain told reporters today.
Tivo Alert #2! Tune in to Good Morning America on Tuesday for the first post-primary ABC News/Washington Post general election poll looking at the 2008 landscape.
On the campaign front. . .
-- Attends event with students, Wayne County Community College District, Taylor, MI.
As for the Republicans. . .
-- 5:00 pm ET: Speaks in Houston, TX.
At the White House. . .
-- 9:45 am ET: Briefing on Midwest flooding, White House.
-- 10:20 am ET: Meets with former commander of the International Security Assistance Force.
-- 3:00 pm ET: Speaks in honor of Black Music Month.
-- 8:30 am ET: Releases May report on housing starts.
ABC News' Jake Tapper: Obama Interview Excerpt: Reaching Across The Aisle LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper and Jennifer Parker: Obama Speaks With Iraqi Foreign Minister LINK
ABC News' Jonathan Karl: British PM Promises Tough Measures On Iran LINK
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Sunlen Miller: Obama Eyes Credit Card Clampdown LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: Does This Mean No Vice President Clinton? LINK
ABC News' Sunlen Miller and Nitya Venkataraman: Gore Backs Obama's Presidential Run LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: Broad Appeal LINK
ABC News' Sunlen Miller: Obama Calls For More Responsibility from Fathers at Church Speech LINK
ABC News' Jake Tapper: Pfleger Back At Work LINK
Obama: McCain Got a Pass
Says media, opponents were distracted while he and Clinton battled. LINK
Obama Talks to Iraq Foreign Minister
Says its time for Iraqis "to start picking up more of the tab." LINK
Obama's Father's Day Message
The Democratic candidate speaks of the importance of being a father. LINK
Political In-Fighting
Sens. Obama and McCain resume political in-fighting on a familiar theme: Iraq. LINK
Edwards Open to New VP Run?
The former Democratic candidate backs off his comments in El Mundo. LINK
Sunday Sound: Tim Russert Remembered
Sunday Sound: NBC newsman's work remembered by friends and competitors. LINK
Supreme Court a Key '08 Issue
Supreme Court will become a key Nov. issue according to Fred Thompson. LINK


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A marriage in the digital era begins with an invitation to listen to a record. Rediscovering vinyl, sonic memories, and the joy of sitting down to do one single thing.
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This topic contains 29 replies, has 4 voices, and was last updated by Tom 3 years, 3 months ago.
May 16, 2014 at 3:46 pm #105553
Hi All, first post here.
We have just had a new website built by a local developer.
It is apparently a custom website based on the Genesis them.
We have had a number of issues with the developers which I wont go into right now. The immediate problem is that we wish to create a landing page.
The landing theme exists which is supposed to automatically remove most of the website components like Header,Sidebar,Footer etc. It does indeed remove most of this but does leave a newsletter sign up form as well as BBB logo.
I have looked at the PHP code for this theme and can see how it goes about removing what should not be there for a landing page.
I asked the developer why the landing page theme is not performing as expected and their reply is that the site was a fully custom design so these other templates that come with the genesis theme may lay out different because of coding of the homepage and internal pages.
They now want to charge us a few hours of development time to fix this.
One of the reasons for going the WP route was to avoid having to revert to the developers every time something needed changing.
Am I able to deal with this myself without screwing anything up?
Is the developer making sense or are they just looking to charge us more money for something which is not hard to do?
Many thanks.May 16, 2014 at 5:26 pm #105559
Do you have a link to a landing page on the site so I can take a look? Generally it's not difficult to remove elements from the landing page template and should only take a few minutes.
Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+May 17, 2014 at 12:47 am #105600
other templates that come with the genesis theme
They built this on top of Minimum Pro (Did they leave a copy of Minimum for you?):
Theme Name: Mulligan Funding Theme URI: http://my.studiopress.com/themes/minimum/ Description: A mobile responsive and HTML5 theme built for the Genesis Framework. Author: Tinyfrog Technologies Author URI: http://tinyfrog.com
Your BBB logo and newsletter signup form are in two footer divs inside the footer section
You can remove the Minimum footer in your landing page template using the following code, Your mileage may vary. Trial first on a sandbox would be best.
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_open', 5 ); remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' ); remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_close', 15 );
In the footer you can also find the div that displays the developer link.
Let us know how this works out for you.
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[ Follow me: Twitter ] [ Follow Themes: Twitter ] [ My Favourite Webhost ]May 17, 2014 at 1:05 pm #105640
Many thanks for the help.
When I look under appearance/themes I do see Minimum Pro listed, so I guess they did live me a copy.
Here is an example of a test page using the landing theme
Tom, the code you mention is already in place as follows:-
* This file adds the Landing template to the Minimum Pro Theme.
* @author StudioPress
* @package Generate
* @subpackage Customizations
Template Name: Landing
//* Add custom body class to the head
add_filter( 'body_class', 'minimum_add_body_class' );
function minimum_add_body_class( $classes ) {
$classes[] = 'minimum-landing';
return $classes;
//* Enqueue Backstretch scripts
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'minimum_enqueue_backstretch' );
function minimum_enqueue_backstretch() {
//* Load scripts only if custom background is being used
if ( ! get_background_image() )
//* Load Backstretch scripts
wp_enqueue_script( 'minimum-backstretch', get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/js/backstretch.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.0.0' );
wp_enqueue_script( 'minimum-backstretch-set', get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory').'/js/backstretch-set.js' , array( 'jquery', 'minimum-backstretch' ), '1.0.0' );
wp_localize_script( 'minimum-backstretch-set', 'BackStretchImg', array( 'src' => get_background_image() ) );
//* Force full width content layout
add_filter( 'genesis_pre_get_option_site_layout', '__genesis_return_full_width_content' );
//* Remove site header elements
remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_header_markup_open', 5 );
remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_do_header' );
remove_action( 'genesis_header', 'genesis_header_markup_close', 15 );
//* Remove navigation
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'genesis_do_nav', 15 );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_subnav', 7 );
//* Remove Minimum after header
remove_action( 'genesis_after_header', 'minimum_site_tagline' );
//* Remove breadcrumbs
remove_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'genesis_do_breadcrumbs' );
//* Remove site footer widgets
remove_action( 'genesis_before_footer', 'genesis_footer_widget_areas' );
//* Remove site footer elements
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_open', 5 );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_footer_markup_close', 15 );
//* Run the Genesis loop
genesis();May 17, 2014 at 1:47 pm #105642This reply has been marked as private.May 17, 2014 at 1:58 pm #105646
Is the landing page template you posted here in "themes/minimum" or is it in "themes/mulll" ?
It appears to be the former, i.e. the standard landing page template for Minimum, however it doesn't appear to be that landing template that is inserting different markup for foot-left with your newsletter widget, plus foot-right and the developer's footer link. Since these are structured differently than your other pages I suspect that they have used javascript to insert the footer bits with the Gravity Forms newsletter form, BBB logo, etc. You'd have to sort that out as well as removing the sharing widget on landing pages if that is also not desired. I don't think they did you any favors with this technique (nor the responsive design - but that's just my opinion).
Perhaps someone more fluent in Javascript will chime into prove me right/wrong.
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[ Follow me: Twitter ] [ Follow Themes: Twitter ] [ My Favourite Webhost ]May 17, 2014 at 2:40 pm #105650
Tom when I click on customize for my active theme, the URL is http://www.mulliganfunding.com/wp-admin/customize.php?theme=mulll so I guess the landing page template is in Mulli and not minimum.
For my own education I would be interested to hear why you think they did not do us any favors wrt to the technique they used as well as the responsive design.
Andrea, many thanks for the kind offer. The developers have not given us access yet to the style sheet for fear that we will screw something up. They are prepared to let us have access bu we would have to sign a waiver absolving them of any responsibility should anything go wrong. Also, I would like to be in a position learn and try and deal with these issue myself.
From what I have read on the Genesis theme, the whole beauty of choosing the landing page theme is that it automatically removes most of the website components like Header,Sidebar,Footer etc.
All we want is for it to present the way the landing theme intended it to present. We can then go ahead and add some content to it. When I took this up with the developers their response was
"I'm fully aware of how the templates are in Genesis as a default, however your site was a fully custom design so these other templates that come with the genesis theme may lay out different because of coding of the homepage and internal pages. We can customize the "Landing" Page template but it was not in the original agreement to have a 3rd custom template."May 17, 2014 at 2:44 pm #105651
Personally, I'm a little concerned about any dev that doesn't allow you full access to your own website. If the project is complete and you've paid for it, YOU are the site owner and should be able to do whatever you want with it. I understand that if you break the whole thing and want them to fix it, that should involve another fee, but that shouldn't mean they hold your site hostage. The whole thing seems shady to me - just my two cents.
Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+May 17, 2014 at 3:11 pm #105658
I agree Andrea. The site is only a few weeks old and while ironing out any issues I would prefer it that they cant blame us for screwing anything up.
eg. right now, if I create a new page and click the insert/edit image button, the insert image pop box comes up but its blank with no options to insert an image the way that insert/edit video does. I have asked them to look into this. Although the fix may have nothing to do with me having full site access I can put pressure on them to sort this out without them accusing me of screwing something up. As a matter of interest have you come across this problem before?May 17, 2014 at 3:14 pm #105659
That's almost always a plugin conflict. Try deactivating all your plugins, then go back and see if you're able to add an image to a test post or page. If so, activate one at a time until it stops working again - that will tell you which one is causing the problem. Once you know the problem, if you'll post back here, we can help you look for an alternative plugin.
Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+May 17, 2014 at 8:12 pm #105675
I can see that you are on a learning curve with WordPress/Genesis, but I think you've come a good place for help and learning. You are correct to sort out what your site is/is not doing, seeing if the developer did what you asked for and if they broke anything in the process. The first two are really up to you and your measurements; I think others can help you out with the third. Some feedback will be opinion, some will be technical fact. But, once you have tested, are satisfied with the hand-off and have full access, you can then fix, change and improve easily and you should look forward to that flexibility.
Re: the landing page template - this is not something you can tell from the WordPress customizer, rather it is the actual folder where the template file resides. The landing page template in "/wp-content/themes/mulll/" is what will be available to you in the page editor and what will control the page output. Some plugins (eg. social media buttons) may infringe on the "bare screen" that a landing page promises, but can often be turned off in the plugin. I think, but cannot be certain, that the newsletter form + logo + dev link are being placed via a plugin (Gravity Forms - Placeholders add-on) and/or javascript. I'm not sure why they did it this way as there are other simpler ways to achieve the same thing and *not* impact your landing page template.
Frankly, an untouched template delivered with the original theme isn't a customization and shouldn't be counted as a "3rd custom template" *unless* they told you upfront that the landing page wasn't going to function normally. This is a part of your evaluation and sign-off. It can be fixed by the original developer or later by other resources. As Andrea found , I too think there's a bit of sleight-of-hand involved. To tell you that you have a "fully custom design" when your site uses another theme as a foundation is also a misdirection IMHO. Customization and design is involved, but not in the way they seem to imply.
Re; my comment on the responsive web design (it is only my opinion, not related to this forum or StudioPress or anybody else). I probably shouldn't have mentioned it at all as you are chasing other issues and didn't ask for a design critique from strangers. But ... RWD aims to deliver an attractive, functional and appropriate user experience on devices of all sizes and types. At its simplest this means displaying components adaptively, depending on screen size. My observation is that this could have been done better for you. For example:
- The search box pops in and out of the menu bar at different screen widths.
- The menu fonts shrink on smaller screens making them less readable,
- Second level menu items are severed from the first level menu items at the 668px breakpoint.
- The mobile/hamburger menu could be invoked at a larger width to help with this or other methods could be used.
- The slider text is unreadable at smaller screen resolutions.
- Your four main marketing points are contained in 4 boxes across the middle of the full-screen layout. At 1179px they are squeezed tight then jump to a narrow, single column at 960px, and stay that way down to 320px. l think it would be more appealing to grow them when the screen space allows, perhaps in pairs, then to a column, then to a smaller column when required.
- The block of three action buttons in the top right of the screen jumps down and out of place at one point, (BTW, those three buttons could employ better labels. I don't know what "main switchboard" is until I hover and find it's a phone number; same with "customer service". They don't call me to do anything. The "go to application" button might get better click-through if it said "Click to Get Funding Now" or similar.)
- The newsletter form in the footer: the submit button is always orphaned and never centered. The form fields should adapt to the screen in size and position.
- The BBB logo and copyright notice are awkwardly placed and should be centered at some screen widths.
- The hovering share widget gets in the way at some screen sizes. Is it useful on the front page?
- Their dev link is the only item that is consistently placed on the screen.
Run your pages through the StudioPress screen width emulator to view by devices width; use this bookmarklet to see how your site has been designed to adapt to screen sizes.
I'd first go back to Andrea's comment: be certain that they have delivered what you ordered and paid for, then assume ownership and plan your site's future.
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[ Follow me: Twitter ] [ Follow Themes: Twitter ] [ My Favourite Webhost ]May 17, 2014 at 11:59 pm #105699
Thanks Tom. You summed it up quite well.
We have signed off and made our final payment. Each time I think they have delivered what we paid for I find problems like this landing page issue as well as the image insert problem mentioned above and others. They continue to blame the custom design which was a feature they offered us rather than something that we asked for.
Saying that a custom design meant breaking other aspects of the theme without telling you before hand leaves a sour taste in the mouth.
I wont go into how many time they tried to hand over the site to us as complete with glaring errors that a novice could pick up. It got to the point where continuing to argue was being unproductive and we needed the site to go live.
I want to try and get them to fix all that is broken on their dime before I ask for the style sheet and then hand over to another developer. We need the application form re-written and there is no way I'll be asking them to do this.
I think we now (compared to the old site) have some great content which can be used again even if we have to slightly modify the site to be more responsive and to perform the way that this theme was designed to perform by the developers.May 18, 2014 at 1:58 pm #105779
@streak, you do have FTP access to your server, correct? That's really your key to move forward with all of this. Or is this developer also providing hosting for the site? You said that you haven't been given the stylesheet, but even if they've modified your WP admin screen to prevent access to that, it's still on the server which you could retrieve via FTP, or from this link:
Or maybe I'm missunderstanding what you mean when you say they won't give it to you?
To ask you again what Tom was asking:
Is there a landing page template in the "mulli" theme folder on your server? Log on via FTP and navigate to the wp-content/themes/mulli/ directory and see if there's a file called page_landing.php in there - that's what you would want to edit. You should also be able to find this through the WP admin screens, if they haven't been modified: Go to Appearance -> Editor and choose the Mulli theme from the dropdown menu at the top right. The list of theme files will appear down the righthand column. If you don't have a "landing page" template there, then copy it in from the Minimum Pro theme and assign that to your test page.May 18, 2014 at 4:23 pm #105794
No I don't have FTP access, they are hosting our site on their servers at WPengine.com.
They dont want me fiddling in the stylesheet. for example, I wanted to add some analytics tags to the header and they had to do it for me explaining as mentioned above that they don't want me fiddling there.
I do have a landing page template in the mulli folder. I copied the php code for it above. It is this theme that is not displaying the way I want it to and they way that it should as can be seen here
I was expecting a blank page with everything removed, but based on the way they designed the site this is what's happening.May 18, 2014 at 10:16 pm #105817
@streak: Andrea nailed this @nutsandbolts:
I understand that if you break the whole thing and want them to fix it, that should involve another fee, but that shouldn't mean they hold your site hostage. The whole thing seems shady to me – just my two cents.
Its seems that they delivered (something); you approved and paid (something). That's history, and I expect that if you want anything else customized or modified using their services you would make an arrangement. But you own it and (pending whatever hosting arrangement you've setup) you can manage this. We're all pulling for you to come out on top of the situation. (Y) b^.^d
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