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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
William D. Fox, New Richmond, OH (US);
Duane Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
William D. Fox, New Richmond, OH (US);
Duane Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for deploying and applying a suture anchor. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided having a shaft configured to be introduced into a body and to deliver a suture anchor with a coil of suture attached thereto to tissue. The shaft can be configured to deploy the suture anchor through tissue and to deliver the coil of suture into a body cavity such that the suture extending from the coil extends through the tissue to allow the anchor to engage the tissue. The coil can remain in the body cavity for subsequent use.