Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical fastening device
- Patent Title (中): 医疗紧固装置
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Application No.: US14180884Application Date: 2014-02-14
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Publication No.: US09439646B2Publication Date: 2016-09-13
- Inventor: Wai N. Chin , Gary M. Kobylewski , Jafar S. Hasan
- Applicant: Surgimatix, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Elk Grove Village
- Assignee: Surgimatix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Surgimatix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Elk Grove Village
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A medical fastening device is provided. The fastening device may include a first arcuate needle adapted to rotate about a first axis in a first direction, entering through a first section of one of a tissue and a prosthetic material, and exiting through a second section of one of the tissue and the prosthetic material; a second arcuate needle adapted to rotate about a second axis in a second direction, entering through the second section of one of the tissue and the prosthetic material, and exiting through the first section of one of the tissue and the prosthetic material; and a drive mechanism operatively coupled to each of the first and second arcuate needles and configured to engage each of the first and second arcuate needles between a retracted position and an extended position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140236193A1 Medical Fastening Device Public/Granted day:2014-08-21
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