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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Joseph Hotter, Lyons, FR;
Inventor:
Joseph Hotter, Lyons, FR;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00668 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00871 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61B 2017/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wound closure device for positioning within a wound gap defined between at least two tissue segments has an effect of drawing the at least two tissue segments to a state of proximity that closes the wound gap. The wound closure device includes a tubular collapsible member having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The wound closure device further includes tissue engaging structure for attaching the tissue segments to the tubular collapsible member.