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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2009
Allen Gaynor, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Michael K. Luk, Hopkins, MN (US);
Steven Mcclurg, Roseville, MN (US);
Michael M. Witzmann, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ying Zheng, Stamford, CT (US);
Allen Gaynor, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Michael K. Luk, Hopkins, MN (US);
Steven McClurg, Roseville, MN (US);
Michael M. Witzmann, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ying Zheng, Stamford, CT (US);
Coloplast A/S, Humlebaek, DK;
Abstract
A method of fixing a suture to tissue of a patient includes placing an introducer onto a finger, the introducer including a zip line trailing from a proximal end of the introducer. The method additionally includes identifying a landmark with the finger, guiding a delivery device along the zip line toward the introducer, where the delivery device maintaining an anchor attached to a suture line, and ejecting the anchor from the delivery device and into the tissue of the patient.