Surgery – Instruments – Sutureless closure
Patent
1990-10-22
1992-04-28
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Sutureless closure
606220, A61B 1700
Patent
active
051084228
ABSTRACT:
A fastener for securing adjacent layers of body tissue to each other and being configured and composed of a material so as to emerge from the body tissue after a limited period of time. The fastener includes a backspan and at least two prongs extending from the backspan. Each prong has a tapered tip culminating in a sharp point. The prongs each include a shaft having a cylindrical portion of uniform diameter. In one embodiment the prong includes a serrated portion having a plurality of notches spaced apart so as to define ridge portions therebetween.
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Bolanos Henry
Green David T.
Person Wayne
Bremer Thomas R.
Jackson Gary
Pellegrino Stephen C.
United States Surgical Corporation
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