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A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1193938
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatus for applying a surgical fastener to body tissue has a fastener holding assembly containing at least one fastener member including a longitudinal base and at least two spaced substantially parallel prongs ex- tending from the base perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the base and a retainer support member removably containing at least one retainer member including at least two apertures, each aperture being adapted to receive and retain the free end of a respective one of the prongs. A pusher is associated with the fastener holding assembly for pushing the fastener member from the fastener holding assembly so that the prongs pass through body tissue and enter and are retained by the retainer member apertures to fasten the tissue. The pusher includes a metal pin substantially parallel to and contiguous with each prong, each pin extending beyond the free end of the associated prong and traveling with the prong during the pushing of the fastener member to facilitate the passage of the associated prong through the tissue. The pins are auto- matically retracted into the fastener holding assembly when the fastener holding assembly is moved away from the fastened tissue.
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G. Ronald Bell & Associates
United States Surgical
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