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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Tack Surgical, Llc, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Charles P. Chalekson, Templeton, CA (US);
Tack Surgical, LLC, Solano Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a suture article and a suture placement device adapted to insert into opposing tissue surfaces the anchors of a suture article having anchors on its terminal ends, the device comprising in general terms: (a) an optional handle portion; (b) an insertion portion extending from the handle having a distal end comprising anchor-directing portions that diverge from one another so as to form a V-shape, adapted to releasably engage the anchors; and (c) a hollow cinching cannula/suture conduit slidingly engaged by the handle portion so as to be moveable between a position relatively nearer the handle and a position relatively nearer the insertion portion distal end.