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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Eitan Hod, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
David Bleicher, Tel Aviv, IL;
Boaz Manash, Givat-Ada, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
I.B.I. Israel Biomedical Innovations Ltd., Kibbutz Haogen, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00805 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a surgical fastening or suturing device. The device of the invention has a slender shaft and an actuating mechanism configured to eject a surgical fastener from the distal end of the shaft or configured to perform suturing at the distal end of the shaft. The device also has an attachment arrangement for attaching a piece of surgical mesh material onto an external lateral surface of the shaft and around the distal end of the shaft.