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US 8,888,810 B2Granted
Compound barb medical device and method
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsAhmad Robert Hadba, Gerald Hodgkinson, Seth Gleiman, Matthew D. Cohen, Nicholas Maiorino, Timothy D. Kosa, Mark S. Buchter, Michael Primavera
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Abstract
Barbed medical devices include a crown interconnecting a pair of legs and at least one barb extending from each of the legs. The at least one barb may define an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg, a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis, and optionally, a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis of the leg.
Claims22
A compound barb staple comprising:
- a continuous body including a crown interconnecting a pair of legs, and having a substantially uniform diameter;
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- at least one barb extending from each of the legs, the at least one barb defining an inner surface having a complementary shape with an outer surface of the leg, the inner surface including a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.