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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2016
Applicant:
C.r. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Saurav V. Gupta, Medway, MA (US);
Kevin J. Ranucci, Warwick, RI (US);
Assignee:
Davol, Inc. (a C.R. Bard Company), Warwick, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/0682 (2013.01); A61B 17/08 (2013.01); A61B 17/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a non-deforming surgical fastener are discussed. In one embodiment, the fastener includes two legs and a backspan extending between the two legs. The fastener also includes a backspan thickness that is adapted to reduce the pressure and/or increase the holding strength applied to underlying materials. The non-deforming fastener is constructed and arranged to retain substantially the same shape before, during and after deployment into the target implantation site.