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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc.;
Inventors:
Michael Cardinale, Morristown, NJ (US);
Anthony Worthington, East Falmouth, MA (US);
Robert J. Tannhauser, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Emil Richard Skula, Wayne, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00637 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0647 (2013.01); A61B 2019/4836 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel deployment devices for use as adjuncts with tissue repair implants. The devices are removeably mounted to mesh tissue repair implant devices to manipulate the devices into position and provide for secure fixation about the periphery of such mesh implant devices by providing guide structures such as grooves for directing and positioning a surgical tacking instrument.