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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2016
Michael Sigmund Klein, Salinas, CA (US);
Michael George Fourkas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Widya Mulyasasmita, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Su, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Sigmund Klein, Salinas, CA (US);
Michael George Fourkas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Widya Mulyasasmita, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Su, Santa Clara, CA (US);
LAP IQ, Inc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for maintaining the alignment of the edges of a trocar defect by inserting into a defect a device for compressing the tissue such that part of the device is above while the other is below the defect, then pulling back on the device so that the part below the defect is up against the defect, then while holding the device below the defect in place, push down on the part above the wound so that it compresses the tissue. Finally, release the device from the insertion tool.