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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Laurent Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Liem Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tom Breton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Laurent Schaller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Liem Ho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tom Breton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Surgical connection apparatus comprises a support structure, a plurality of clips, which can be self-closing clips, each clip being releasably coupled to the support structure, and a plurality of barbs, each barb being coupled to the support structure, the barbs being separate from the clips, which are ejectable from the support structure independently of the barbs.