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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Christopher Paul Swain, London, GB;
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A medical device that includes a cannulated needle, a first knotting element portion releaseably engaged with the needle, a second knotting element portion also releaseably engaged with the needle, a knotting element deployment actuator that abuts the second knotting element portion, and an anchor deployment actuator in communication with the interior of the needle, wherein the knotting element deployment actuator and anchor actuator are slidably manipulable from a proximal handle of the device, and held in a coaxial relationship with each other. The first knotting element portion may be releaseably engaged by means including shearing posts and adhesives, and the second knotting element portion may be releaseably engaged by means including detents and adhesives.