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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Eitan Hod, Zichron Ya'akov, IL;
Matan Gedulter, Yesod Hama'alah, IL;
Inventors:
Eitan Hod, Zichron Ya'akov, IL;
Matan Gedulter, Yesod Hama'alah, IL;
Assignee:
I.B.I. ISRAEL BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS LTD., Caesarea Industrial Park, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/076 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/0643 (2013.01); A61B 17/0644 (2013.01); A61B 17/076 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0641 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical fastener having a top element including a crown, with prongs extending from the crown. A baseplate having two or more slots that are dimensioned to receive a tip of a prong in the undeployed configuration of the fastener. Two or more cantilevered catches extend from the crown, each cantilevered beam terminating in a head. The baseplate is provided with a bore and in the deployed configuration, the catches of the top element pass through the bore and latch the top element onto the baseplate.