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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
John Matonick, Warren, NJ (US);
Matthew Pfefferkorn, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/28 (2006.01); G09B 23/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B 23/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
A novel system and apparatus for testing surgical fastening devices in an ex-vivo body wall wound closure simulation device is disclosed. The system is particularly useful with simulating abdominal wall wound closure. The system has a body wall curvature approximator device, a tissue fixation system, and a tissue support and tensioner device. The system provides for anatomically correct presentation and tensioning on body wall tissue specimens for ex-vivo wound closure simulation. The system may also be used for other anatomic tissue specimens in addition to body walls.