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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric S Buchanan, Wyoming, MN (US);
Kimberly A Anderson, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-211 ; 81 5722 ; 623-238 ;
Abstract
A driver tool which drives helical fasteners through a heart valve component into tissue. The tool has a tool housing with a distal end couplable to engage the implanted component. A drive shaft at the proximal end of the driver tool couples to a driving force. Multiple driver tips couple to helical fasteners for the heart valve component. A drive train in the tool housing distributes the drive to the driver tips.
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