Applicator and method for deploying a surgical fastener

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/068 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2571136

An applicator for deploying a fastener having two legs into tissue. The applicator has two elongated hollow needle members, slotted portions at the distal ends of the hollow needle members for releasably retaining the legs of the fastener, two push rods adapted to move lengthwise in the two needle members, and an actuator for moving the two push rods in the needle members so as to eject the leg portions of the fastener from the slotted portion of the two needle members. A method for deploying the fastener in tissue is also disclosed.

La présente invention concerne un applicateur permettant de déployer une agrafe présentant deux pattes dans un tissu. L'applicateur décrit dans l'invention présente deux aiguilles creuses allongées, des parties à fentes aux extrémités distales des aiguilles creuses permettant de retenir de manière amovible les pattes de l'agrafe, deux tiges poussoirs conçues pour se déplacer dans le sens de la longueur dans les deux aiguilles creuses afin d'éjecter les portions pattes de l'agrafe de la partie à fentes des deux aiguilles. Cette invention concerne également un procédé permettant de déployer l'agrafe dans un tissu.

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