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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
May. 06, 2022
Davol Inc., Warwick, RI (US);
Daniel F. Mccormick, Bolton, MA (US);
Cuixiang Qu Spinney, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Davol Inc., Warwick, RI (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for closure of apertures in tissue (e.g., defects in fascial tissue) are generally provided. Closure of apertures in tissue, e.g., using sutures and patch closures, are common surgical operations. In some aspects, methods and devices for using tissue grippers to engage tissue portions, and subsequently biasing the tissue grippers and tissue portions towards one another by changing a configuration of a lock are generally provided. In other aspects, methods and devices for measuring a retraction force applied by tissue grippers to tissue portions are generally provided.
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