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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:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Laurent Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Barry Gardiner, Orinda, CA (US);
Art Hill, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Liem Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Isidro Matias Gandionco, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Laurent Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Barry Gardiner, Orinda, CA (US);
Art Hill, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Liem Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Isidro Matias Gandionco, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Tissue connector assemblies having at least two piercing members, each releaseably coupled to a surgical fastener such as a surgical clip. A flexible member such as a suture may be used to couple one or both piercing members to respective ends of the fastener.