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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J Bedi, Stockton, NJ (US);
Madhusudan Joshi, E. Aurora, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128335 ; 1283 / ; 128337 ; 227D / ;
Abstract
A fastener is provided to hold together portions of mammalian tissue and includes a fastening member and a retainer adapted to receive legs of the fastening member that are inserted through the tissue portions. The legs of the fasteneing member are hinged and are pivoted toward one another when the retainer is applied so as to draw and hold the tissue portions together.
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