Surgery – Instruments – Surgical mesh – connector – clip – clamp or band
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Erezo, Darwin P (Department: 3773)
Surgery
Instruments
Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band
Reexamination Certificate
active
07959640
ABSTRACT:
A translumenal approach through a natural body cavity to repair a ventral hernia is provided. In a transgastric approach, the abdominal cavity is accessed via an incision through a wall of the digestive tract. A system for the deployment of tissue anchors to anchor a tissue reinforcing mesh to repair the ventral hernia is provided. Particular tissue anchors are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the tissue anchors include a shaft and a head reconfigurably coupled to the shaft permitting the head and shaft to be in a substantially parallel loaded configuration and in a substantially transverse deployed configuration. In addition, tissue anchors may include biodegradable and non-biodegradable components, with the non-biodegradable component defining spaces for soft tissue ingrowth upon degradation of the biodegradable component.
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Jones Donald K.
Kantsevoy Sergey Veniaminovich
Mitelberg Vladimir
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
Dang Son
Erezo Darwin P
Gordon & Jacobson, PC
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