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US 2019/0336127 A1Published application
Tissue fixation devices and assemblies for deploying the same
AssigneeEndoGastric Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSteve G. Baker, Brett J. Carter
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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 an elongated slot permitting fastener deployment while avoiding excessive tissue compression.
Claims9
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A fastener for use in a mammalian body, comprising:
- a first member;
- a second member;
- the first and second members having first and second ends and one end of both the first member and the second member have a pointed tip and the pointed tips point in opposite directions;
- a connecting member fixed to each of the first and second members intermediate the first and second ends and extending between the first and second members;
- both of the first and second members having a longitudinal axis and a through channel along the axis and configured to be slidingly received on a tissue piercing deployment wire;
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- a plurality of longitudinal spaced vertical slots on the second member providing flexibility to the second member in a direction opposite the slots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.