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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Robert Nering, Stockton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/10 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0649 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A curved surgical fastener for anchoring medical devices to tissue includes a curved member having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the curved member has a tissue penetrating end including an insertion tip with a distal point. The curved member has a total curvature of less than 360 degrees between the proximal and distal ends of the curved member. The curved member comprises a compound curve. A proximal section of the curved member has a first radius of curvature and a distal section of the curved member has a second radius of curvature that is different than the first radius of curvature.