Systems and methods for a manually-actuated fastener delivery device
AssigneeDignity Health
InventorsTyler Cole, Dakota Graham
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Abstract
A manually-actuated fastener delivery device for coupling portions of a bodily vessel or other cylindrical structure includes a first clamp portion that carries a first joinable portion of a fastener and a second clamp portion that carries a second joinable portion of the fastener. The fastener delivery device is optimized for micro-surgical applications, and aligns the respective first and second joinable portions of the fastener in a substantially parallel arrangement prior to coupling the first and second joinable portions of the fastener together.
Claims35
A fastener delivery device, comprising:
- a first clamp portion being pivotable between a first position and a second position;
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- a second clamp portion being pivotable between a first position and a second position;
- wherein the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are substantially parallel with one another when in the second position;
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- wherein the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are configured to be drawn towards one another when the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are substantially parallel with one another.
A fastener system, comprising:
- a fastener having a first joinable part and a second joinable part, the first joinable part and the second joinable part being configured for engagement with one another in an interlocking arrangement;
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- a fastener delivery device, including:
- a first clamp portion configured for removeable engagement with the first joinable part of the fastener;
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- a second clamp portion configured for removeable engagement with the second joinable part of the fastener;
- wherein the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are each pivotable between a first position and a second position such that the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are substantially parallel with one another when in the second position;
- wherein drawing the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion towards one another when the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are substantially parallel causes the first joinable part to engage the second joinable part in the interlocking arrangement.
A method, comprising:
- providing a fastener system, including:
- a fastener having a first joinable part and a second joinable part;
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- a fastener delivery device configured for removeable engagement with the fastener, the fastener delivery device including a first clamp portion and the first joinable part of the fastener and a second clamp portion and the second joinable part of the fastener;
- engaging a first everted portion of a first cylindrical structure with the first joinable part of the fastener and engaging a second everted portion of a second cylindrical structure with the second joinable part of the fastener;
- pivoting the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion such that the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are substantially parallel with one another;
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- drawing the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion towards one another such that the first joinable part engages the second joinable part in an interlocking arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.