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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Robert B. Devries, Northborough, MA (US);
Kristian Dimatteo, Waltham, MA (US);
Roy Sullivan, Millville, MA (US);
Marc Tassy, Jr., Framingham, MA (US);
Barry N. Gellman, Easton, MA (US);
John E. Hutchins, Attleboro, MA (US);
John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US);
Kurt A. E. Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert B. DeVries, Northborough, MA (US);
Kristian DiMatteo, Waltham, MA (US);
Roy Sullivan, Millville, MA (US);
Marc Tassy, Jr., Framingham, MA (US);
Barry N. Gellman, Easton, MA (US);
John E. Hutchins, Attleboro, MA (US);
John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US);
Kurt A. E. Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
William J. Shaw, Cambridge, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Surgical tissue fasteners and related deployment systems and methods are disclosed. A tissue fastener used to join multiple tissue layers includes a first member, a second member, and a connecting member connecting the first and second members. In some embodiments, the first and second members are configured to expand from a delivered state to a deployed state in which the fastener secures the tissue layers together. In other tissue fastener embodiments the connecting member has an elastic compressive spring force for applying a substantially constant force on the tissue layers for adjusting a length of the connecting member between the first and second members.