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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Aurora, CO (US);
Inventors:
Max Bannister Mitchell, Castle Pines, CO (US);
Jeremy H. Morgan, Missoula, MT (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/861 (2021.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 60/863 (2021.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/863 (2021.01); A61B 17/320708 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 90/02 (2016.02); A61B 2017/0243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for synchronously driving more than two or more rotational tissue screws and a method for simultaneously affixing a medical device to tissue employing the synchronous drive system. The method employs a synchronous drive system is particularly configured to affix an apical cuff to cardiac muscle tissue by simultaneously driving a plurality of rotational tissue screws through the apical cuff and into cardiac muscle tissue thereby affixing the apical cuff to the cardiac muscle tissue.