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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Kenneth S. Danielson, Peacham, VT (US);
Charles H. Rogers, Halifax, MA (US);
Peter L. Stokes, Boston, MA (US);
Edward R. Hall, Somerville, MA (US);
Kenneth S. Danielson, Peacham, VT (US);
Charles H. Rogers, Halifax, MA (US);
Peter L. Stokes, Boston, MA (US);
Edward R. Hall, Somerville, MA (US);
Opus KSD Inc., Peacham, VT (US);
Abstract
A tissue fastener includes a bridge section and two cannulated leg sections. The tissue fastener is a single piece of material, and the material can be a bioabsorbable material. Each of the two leg sections can include at least one barb for resisting dislodgement from tissue after the fastener is inserted into tissue. The bridge can be flexible, and the leg sections can receive needles to allow insertion of the fastener into tissue from above a surface of the tissue. Various insertion devices and mechanisms are possible to deploy the fastener into a wound in a patient's skin from above the surface of and generally perpendicular to the skin.