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US 10,478,180 B2Granted
Slitted tissue fixation devices and assemblies for deploying the same
AssigneeEndoGastric Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSteve G. Baker, Stefan J. M. Kraemer, Raymond Michael Wolniewicz, III
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Abstract
Tissue fasteners carried on a tissue piercing deployment wire fasten tissue layers of a mammalian body together include a first member, a second member, and a connecting member extending between the first and second members. One of the first and second members has a configuration alterable by a deployment wire to permit release of the fastener from the deployment wire after deployment and without causing excessive tissue trauma.
Claims6
A method for mounting a fastener onto a deployment wire, comprising:
- providing a fastener and a deployment wire, the fastener including a first member and a second member, connecting the first member to the second member by a connecting member that is not the deployment wire, only the first member having a through channel dimensioned to be slidingly received on the deployment wire and a slit configured to be made larger so that the deployment wire can be snapped onto and released from the through channel;
- the slit having a first elongated edge and a second elongated edge, the first and second elongated edges being spaced apart;
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- snapping the deployment wire through the slit and into the through channel by moving the first and second elongated edges farther apart to accommodate the deployment wire.
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