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US 9,283,020 B2Granted
Surgical tack delivery system, method and kit
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsSusan J. Drapeau, Kelly Brook Emerton, Daniel Andrew Shimko
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Abstract
A system for delivering a surgical tack in tissue includes a driver, including: a shaft having a slot and a channel; and a handle slidably connected to the shaft and having a driving mechanism, the driving mechanism having a driving pin for providing a downward force through the shaft; and a tack cartridge having a plurality of tacks and adapted to be received in the slot and further adapted to feed the tacks between the driving mechanism and the channel.
Claims28
A system for delivering a surgical tack in tissue, the system comprising:
- a driver, comprising:
- a shaft having a slot and a channel defining a longitudinal axis, said slot extending entirely through a distal end of said shaft, said shaft comprising a shaft lip extending transverse to said longitudinal axis;
- and
- a handle slidably connected to said shaft such that said shaft extends upward into said handle, said handle having a driving mechanism and a handle lip extending transverse to said longitudinal axis, said driving mechanism having a driving pin for providing a downward force through said shaft, a top surface of the handle lip is configured to directly contact a bottom surface of the shaft lip;
- a tack cartridge comprising a passageway defined by upper and lower surfaces of said tack cartridge, said upper and lower surfaces including pass-through holes at one end of said tack cartridge, said passageway having a plurality of tacks disposed therein, said tack cartridge being positioned in said slot such that the shaft is in alignment with said pass-through holes, said tack cartridge being adapted to feed said tacks between said driving mechanism and said channel;
- and
- a spring engaging said tack cartridge and surrounding a portion of said driving pin such that said spring provides a force to maintain contact between said shaft lip and said handle lip,
- wherein said driving pin is movable between a first position in which said driving pin engages one of said tacks within said passageway and a second position in which said driving pin engages said one of said tacks within said channel.
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A system for delivering a surgical tack in tissue, the system comprising:
- a driver, comprising:
- a shaft having a slot and a channel, said slot extending entirely through a distal end of said shaft, said shaft comprising a shaft lip;
- and
- a handle slidably connected to said shaft such that said shaft extends upward into said handle, said handle having a driving mechanism and a handle lip, said driving mechanism having a driving pin for providing a downward force through said shaft;
- a tack cartridge comprising a passageway defined by upper and lower surfaces of said tack cartridge, said upper and lower surfaces including pass-through holes at one end of said tack cartridge, said passageway having a plurality of tacks disposed therein, said tack cartridge being positioned in said slot such that the shaft is in alignment with said pass-through holes, said tack cartridge being adapted to feed said tacks between said driving mechanism and said channel;
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- a spring engaging said tack cartridge and surrounding a portion of said driving pin such that said spring provides a force to maintain contact between said shaft lip and said handle lip,
- wherein said driving pin is movable between a first position in which said driving pin engages one of said tacks within said passageway and a second position in which said driving pin engages said one of said tacks within said channel, and
- wherein said shaft lip contacts said handle lip when said handle is in a rest position and said shaft is movable relative to said handle from the rest position to an installation position in which said shaft lip is spaced apart from said handle lip.
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A system for delivering a surgical tack in tissue, the system comprising:
- a driver, comprising:
- a shaft having a slot and a channel, said slot extending entirely through a distal end of said shaft, said shaft comprising a shaft lip;
- and
- a handle slidably connected to said shaft such that said shaft extends upward into said handle, said handle having a driving mechanism and a handle lip, said driving mechanism having a driving pin for providing a downward force through said shaft;
- a tack cartridge comprising a passageway defined by upper and lower surfaces of said tack cartridge, said upper and lower surfaces including pass-through holes at one end of said tack cartridge, said passageway having a plurality of tacks disposed therein, said tack cartridge being positioned in said slot such that the shaft is in alignment with said pass-through holes, said tack cartridge being adapted to feed said tacks between said driving mechanism and said channel, said tack cartridge extending completely through said shaft such that one end of said tack cartridge extends outwardly from one side of said shaft and an opposite end of said tack cartridge extends outwardly from an opposite side of said shaft;
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- a spring engaging said tack cartridge and surrounding a portion of said driving pin such that said spring provides a force to maintain contact between said shaft lip and said handle lip,
- wherein said driving pin is movable between a first position in which said driving pin engages one of said tacks within said passageway and a second position in which said driving pin engages said one of said tacks within said channel.
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