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Implantable fasteners, applicators, and methods for brachytherapy

US11559700B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Covidien LP · US

Inventors

Stanislaw Kostrzewski · Coventry, US
Gerald Hodgkinson · Guilford, US
Lee Ann Olson · Wallingford, US
Russell Pribanic · New Milford, US
Matthew Chowaniec · Middletown, US
Robert Pedros · Oxford, US
Thomas J. Campanelli · Oxford, US
David A. Nicholas · Trumbull, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2020
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2005/1024
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fastener applicator includes a body portion including a handle assembly, a cartridge assembly supported within the body portion, the cartridge assembly including implantable fasteners, a drive assembly supported within the body portion and operatively coupled to the cartridge assembly to engage the implantable fasteners, and an actuation assembly supported within the handle assembly and operatively coupled to the drive assembly to fire a distal-most implantable fastener upon actuation of the actuation assembly. At least one of the implantable fasteners includes a body including a tissue facing surface, a tissue penetrating portion extending from the body, and a capsule affixed to the tissue facing surface of the body, the capsule including radioactive material.

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