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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Kelly Brook Emerton, Memphis, TN (US);
Daniel Andrew Shimko, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/92 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/92 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61B 17/865 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for delivering a surgical tack in tissue includes a driver, comprising: a shaft having a slot and a channel; and a handle slidably connected to said shaft and having a driving mechanism, said driving mechanism having a driving pin for providing a downward force through said shaft; and a tack cartridge having a plurality of tacks and adapted to be received in said slot and further adapted to feed said tacks between said driving mechanism and said channel.