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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
John Anthony Rotella, Roswell, GA (US);
Donald Jay Mcmichael, Roswell, GA (US);
Nathan Christopher Griffith, Roswell, GA (US);
Thomas Gregory Estes, Atlanta, GA (US);
John Anthony Rotella, Roswell, GA (US);
Donald Jay McMichael, Roswell, GA (US);
Nathan Christopher Griffith, Roswell, GA (US);
Thomas Gregory Estes, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A gastropexy kit includes a plurality of safety needle assemblies. Each safety needle assembly includes a needle and a stylus. A fastener is positioned in a distal end of the needle. The fastener is coupled to one end of the suture and a suture retention hub is coupled to an opposite end of the suture. The fastener is deployed in a patient's stomach via the needle and stylus which has a blunt distal end which extends through the needle to push the fastener out of the needle and to blunt the needle. The suture retention hub is positioned on a patient's skin and adjustably tensions the suture, which, desirably, is a resorbable suture.