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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Richards, Medway, MA (US);
Philip R Lichtman, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acufex Microsurgical, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283 / ; 128335 ;
Abstract
An improved surgical fastener having at least one head portion and a filament portion arranged in a T configuration, wherein at least one end of the said at least one head portion is sharply pointed, so that when that head portion is implanted in body tissue, the head portion will attach itself securely to the tissue and will remain there despite the application of a substantial pulling force on the filament portion.
Published as:
WO8701270A1; AU6334286A; US4669473A; EP0236427A1; JPS63500702A; EP0236427A4; CA1259874A; AU593582B2; JPH0510939B2; EP0236427B1; DE3688839D1; DE3688839T2;