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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2015
Edwards Lifesciences Ag, Nyon, CH;
Derek Dee Deville, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Michael Walter Kirk, Miami, FL (US);
Carlos Rivera, Cooper City, FL (US);
George Nunez, Miami, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Miami, FL (US);
Korey Kline, Miami, FL (US);
Matthew A. Palmer, Miami, FL (US);
M. Sean McBrayer, Miami, FL (US);
Richard Cartledge, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Max Pierre Mendez, Miami, FL (US);
Kevin K. Dang, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Bryan A. Janish, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Manouchehr A. Miraki, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences AG, Nyon, CH;
Abstract
A multiple-fire securing device includes a hollow outer shaft, a reloader, a reloader movement assembly, a rail, and securing structures each defining an inner securing orifice. The reloader longitudinally moves within the outer shaft and has a distal end shaped to temporarily contact one of the securing structures. The rail is disposed within the reloader and has an installing location. The securing structures are disposed on the rail. The reloader movement assembly moves the reloader longitudinally in a distal direction to deliver a first securing structure to the installing location from a first proximal position and moves the reloader proximally away from the installing location without the first securing structure to a position in which the distal end of the reloader temporarily contacts a second one of the securing structures. The second and successive securing structures are moved one at a time to the installing location.