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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Bernard DE Canniere, Brussels, BE;
Michel Joie, Ernage, BE;
Bernard De Canniere, Brussels, BE;
Michel Joie, Ernage, BE;
St. Jude Medical Systems AB, Uppsala, SE;
Abstract
A combined device for plugging and fluidtight puncturing of a wall of a hollow organ, comprising a head bearing a surgical staple for the wall of the hollow organ, a fluidtight puncturing system comprising a puncturing device and a hollow channel, a keeping means for bringing the said staple from its open position to its closed position, a support connected to a traction member extending towards the distal part of the device. The device comprises an introducer capable of introducing the head of the device inside an organism. A staple particularly designed to fit this device is also describe.