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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2006
Applicant:
Naomi L Nakao, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
Naomi L Nakao, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
GRANIT MEDICAL INNOVATION LLC, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical fastening assembly has a fastener delivery sub-assembly with a plurality of elongated tubular needle members rigidly affixed to one another about a longitudinal axis of the subassembly. The tubular needle members are positionable around an elongate trocar movably positionable inside a cannula. The cannula is coupled to the fastener delivery sub-assembly. Anchors or fasteners are disposed in the needle members and ejected at the same time by a pusher member.