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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lehmann K. Li, Milford, CT (US);
Ernie Corrao, Bethel, CT (US);
Assignee:
Li Medical Technologies, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/710 ;
Abstract
A method for securing an anchor to biological tissue, the anchor being detachably and pivotably mounted to an insertion tool, the anchor having a longitudinal axis, the insertion tool having a first axis that extends longitudinally with respect to the insertion tool and a second axis which extends perpendicularly to the first axis, the method including releasably holding the anchor at a distal end of the insertion tool with the anchor being held at least partly within a sheath member of the insertion too.