Device for installing a tissue fastener

Details Device for installing a tissue fastener Device for installing a tissue fastener

1997-11-26

2000-01-04

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier

606143, 606 75, 606219, A61B 1710

Patent

active

060105135

ABSTRACT:
The device of the present invention is designed for repairing a tear in soft and/or tough tissue of a patient, such as a tear in the meniscus of the knee.
The device has a conduit, such as a cannula, that may be easily inserted into the patient and through which the fastener is delivered to the patient. This conduit is aligned with a seat for holding a fastener and a means for pushing a fastener, such as a piston, so that the pushing means is capable of pushing a fastener from its seat, through the conduit and into the patient. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the shape of the conduit exactly matches the shape of the cross-section of the fastener so that the surgeon may more accurately direct the angle and location at which the fastener enters the patient.

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