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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
James T. Spivey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew M. Zwolinski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William D. Fox, New Richmond, OH (US);
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
James T. Spivey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Duane Linenkugel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew M. Zwolinski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William D. Fox, New Richmond, OH (US);
Sean P. Conlon, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for deploying and applying multiple suture anchors. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided having a shaft configured to be introduced into a body, e.g., through a scoping device, and to deliver a plurality of suture anchors into tissue, preferably without the need to remove the shaft from the body. The shaft can have a plurality of channels, with each of the plurality of channels configured to seat at least one of a plurality of suture anchors. Each of the anchors can be removably seated in a channel such that the anchors can be removed from the device, such as by pulling on sutures attached to the respective anchors.