Method and apparatus for surgical fastening

US8690889B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Davol Inc. · US

Inventors

• Anthony Colesanti · Bristol, US
• Augustus Felix · Olneyville, US
• Alan Bachman · Milford, US
• Ray Adams · Ansonia, US
• Joseph Paul · Washington Depot, US
• Jeff Stein · Woodbridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/0648
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical fastener system includes a plurality of fasteners having a throughbore with a non-circular cross section portion. The fasteners may engage with a splined mandrel that passes through the throughbore of the fasteners and rotates the fasteners relative to the mandrel to move at least one of the fasteners along the mandrel, e.g., along the mandrel's longitudinal axis. A distal end of the mandrel may be inserted into a material, such as a tissue, prosthetic or other, and a fastener may be deployed from the distal end of the mandrel while the distal end is positioned in the material.