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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Richard P. Nuchols, Loveland, OH (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randal T. Byrum, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Dale R. Schulze, Lebanon, OH (US);
Inventors:
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Richard P. Nuchols, Loveland, OH (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Randal T. Byrum, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Dale R. Schulze, Lebanon, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0223 (2013.01); A61F 5/0056 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self attaching injection port has integral moveable fasteners which are moveable from a undeployed state to a deployed state engaging tissue. The fasteners may be disposed radially or tangentially, and rotated to pierce the fascia. The fasteners may be rigid or elastically deformable.