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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:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Gene W Kammerer, E. Brunswick, NJ (US);
Jack S Pedlick, Butler, NJ (US);
Keith A Seritella, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Mitek Surgical Products, Inc., Westwood, MA (US);
Abstract
An applicator for deploying a fastener into tissue, the fastener including a head portion and a filament portion extending from the head portion, the applicator comprising an elongated hollow needle member having a pointed distal end portion, a slotted portion for releasably retaining the head of the shaped fastener, and a first connector portion; and a chuck comprising a second connector portion engageable with the first connector portion for interconnecting the needle member and the chuck, a push rod having a distal end portion adapted to move lengthwise in the needle member, and an actuator for moving the push rod in the needle member so as to eject the head portion of the fastener from the slotted portion of the needle member. A method for deploying the fastener in tissue is also disclosed.