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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
John Stephen Crombie, East Hanover, NJ (US);
James A. Fleming, Iii, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Jessica Liberatore, Union City, CA (US);
Jie Jenny Yuan, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Robert Nering, Stockton, NJ (US);
John Stephen Crombie, East Hanover, NJ (US);
James A. Fleming, III, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Jessica Liberatore, Union City, CA (US);
Jie Jenny Yuan, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Robert Nering, Stockton, NJ (US);
ETHICON, INC., Somverville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A wound closure assembly and method for its use. The wound closure assembly includes a curved inserter having a distal end and a proximal end, a filamentary element extending between a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the proximal end of the curved inserter, a first anchor coupled to the filamentary element between its first and second ends, and a second anchor positioned at the distal end of the filamentary element. The filamentary element is configured to form a slip knot between the first and second anchors so as to enable the distance between the first and second anchors to be decreased by pulling on the proximal end of the filamentary element. The distal end of the curved inserter is received within a channel in the first anchor that extends along its longitudinal length.