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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
C.r. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Saurav V. Gupta, Medway, MA (US);
Kevin J. Ranucci, Warwick, RI (US);
Alan Bachman, Orange, CT (US);
Scott Reed, Winchester, CT (US);
C.R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A deployment device and an associated surgical fastener as well as their methods of use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the deployment device includes a restraining mechanism constructed and arranged to temporarily limiting movement of a surgical fastener back span. The surgical fastener includes two legs extending in a distal direction from opposing ends of the back span. The legs are in a first closed position with a first shape. The deployment device also includes a spreader configured and arranged to engage the legs of the surgical fastener in the first closed position. When the spreader is moved in a distal direction relative to the back span, the spreader spreads the legs of the surgical fastener from the first closed position to a second open position as the back span is limited from distally moving by the restraining mechanism.