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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
SV Swissvortex Ltd., Hunenberg, CH;
SV SWISSVORTEX LTD., Hunenberg, CH;
Abstract
A surgical fastener instrument () includes an outer delivery tube (); an inner delivery shaft (), disposed at least partially in the outer delivery tube (); and a handle () coupled to a proximal portion () of the outer delivery tube (), and including a user control element () arranged to rotate the inner delivery shaft () with respect to the outer delivery tube (). A suture fastener () is removably disposed in the outer delivery tube () in an unlocked conical helical configuration. Distal advancement of the inner delivery shaft (), when one or more portions of one or more sutures () pass through respective portions of the suture fastener (), transitions the suture fastener () from the unlocked configuration to a locked planar spiral configuration, in which the one or more sutures () are fixedly coupled to the suture fastener (). Other embodiments are also described.