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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Ahmad Robert Hadba, Middlefield, CT (US);
Gerald Hodgkinson, Guilford, CT (US);
Seth Gleiman, Branford, CT (US);
Matthew D. Cohen, Berlin, CT (US);
Nicholas Maiorino, Branford, CT (US);
Timothy D. Kosa, Hamden, CT (US);
Mark S. Buchter, Ansonia, CT (US);
Michael Primavera, Orange, CT (US);
Ahmad Robert Hadba, Middlefield, CT (US);
Gerald Hodgkinson, Guilford, CT (US);
Seth Gleiman, Branford, CT (US);
Matthew D. Cohen, Berlin, CT (US);
Nicholas Maiorino, Branford, CT (US);
Timothy D. Kosa, Hamden, CT (US);
Mark S. Buchter, Ansonia, CT (US);
Michael Primavera, Orange, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
Barbed medical devices include a crown interconnecting a pair of legs and at least one barb extending from each of the legs. The at least one barb may define an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg, a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis, and optionally, a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis of the leg.