Surgical fasteners and fastening devices

Details Surgical fasteners and fastening devices Surgical fasteners and fastening devices

A - Human Necessities

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A61B 17/064 (2006.01) A61B 17/068 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2614292

The invention provides a surgical fastener. The fastener has a first element defining an axis of the fastener, and or more prongs attached to the first element at hinge regions. Deploying the fastener involves bending the prongs at the hinges so as to increase the distance of the prong tips from the axis and locking the fastener in this deployed configuration. The invention also provides a surgical fastening device and a method for attaching a surgical fastener to a site of a body tissue.

La présente invention se rapporte à une agrafe chirurgicale. L'agrafe selon l'invention possède un premier élément définissant l'axe de l'agrafe, et une ou plusieurs pattes fixées au premier élément au niveau de zones d'articulation. Le déploiement de l'agrafe consiste à courber les pattes au niveau des articulations, de façon à augmenter la distance entre les extrémités des pattes et l'axe, et à bloquer l'agrafe dans ladite configuration déployée. L'invention a également trait à un dispositif de fixation chirurgical, et à un procédé permettant de fixer une agrafe chirurgicale sur le site d'un tissu corporel.

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