A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 17/068 (2006.01) A61B 17/064 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2359574
A delivery device for delivering a plurality of individual surgical fasteners. Having a drive mechanism having a distal and a proximal end, and a first and a second opposing member. The members are moveable proximally and distally with respect to the delivery device, and with respect to each other. At least one surgical fastener is located between the first and the second members. Each surgical fastener has a proximal end and a distal end and are preferably made from a superelastic nickel titanium alloy. An actuator having at least three sequential positions is included: the first position is for moving the drive mechanism distally; the second position is for moving the first member proximally to partially deploy the distal end of the fastener; and the third position is for moving the second member proximally, to fully deploy the distal end of the fastener.
Fuchs Richard P.
Knodel Bryan D.
Kuhns Jesse
Nuchols Richard P.
Thompson Bennie
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Norton Rose Or S.e.n.c.r.l. S.r.l./llp
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