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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2007
Applicants:

Pedro J. Del Nido, Lexington, MA (US);

Nikolav V. Vasilyev, Belmont, MA (US);

Franz Freudenthal, La Paz, BO;

Pierre Dupont, Wellesley, MA (US);

Jinlan Huang, Wayland, MA (US);

Inventors:

Pedro J. del Nido, Lexington, MA (US);

Nikolav V. Vasilyev, Belmont, MA (US);

Franz Freudenthal, La Paz, BO;

Pierre Dupont, Wellesley, MA (US);

Jinlan Huang, Wayland, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01); F16B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A tissue fixation device includes a tack having at least two flexible arms on a first end of said anchor. A deployment device for deploying a tissue fixation device, wherein the deployment device is a deployment gun.


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