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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Applicant:
Lee Bolduc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Lee Bolduc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aptus Endosystems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods introduce a tissue fastener applier to apply tissue-piercing fasteners to a prosthesis sequentially along a path established by the directing device that, between fastener applications, is manipulated into orientation with different desired fastening sites, until a plurality of tissue-piercing fasteners are placed, one-at-a-time, in the prosthesis.