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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Tack Surgical, Llc, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Charles P. Chalekson, Templeton, CA (US);
David G. Matsuura, Del Mar, CA (US);
Philip J. Simpson, Escondido, CA (US);
Nelson Siu, Encinitas, CA (US);
Tack Surgical, LLC, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to tissue approximation and fixation, and surgical staples and staple placement devices for surgery. The present invention includes surgical staples having solid first and second legs for anchoring into respective tissue portions, and an elastically deformable bridge monolithically formed with the first leg and the second leg, the legs each forming respective angles greater than 90 degrees with respective portions of said elastically deformable bridge. The present invention also includes staple insertion device comprising a handle portion and substantially parallel insertion portions extending from the handle, the insertion portions each having an interior lateral channel, and each insertion portions having a terminal point.