Surgery – Instruments – Surgical mesh – connector – clip – clamp or band
Reexamination Certificate
2001-12-10
2009-02-03
Manahan, Todd E. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band
Reexamination Certificate
active
07485124
ABSTRACT:
A delivery device for delivering a plurality of individual surgical fasteners. The delivery device includes a drive mechanism having distal and proximal ends. The drive mechanism has a moving member and a fixed opposing member, wherein the moving member is moveable proximally and distally with respect to the delivery device. The moving member has a sharpened distal end for piercing tissue. The device includes at least one surgical fastener located between the first and the second members. Each of the at least one surgical fasteners has a proximal end and a distal end. The device also has an actuator having at least two sequential positions. A first position for moving the moving member distally and piercing tissue, and a second position for moving the moving member proximally, thereby deploying the distal end of the fastener.
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European Search Report EP 02258483 dated Apr. 4, 2003.
Fuchs Rick P.
Koch Robert L.
Kuhns Jesse J.
Norvelle David K.
Thompson Bennie
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Manahan Todd #E.
Nguyen Tuan V
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