Fastener system comprising a retention matrix and an alignment matrix

US8757465B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James A. Woodard, Jr. · Mason, US
• Charles J. Scheib · Loveland, US
• Chad P. Boudreaux · Cincinnati, US
• Dean B. Bruewer · Lancaster, US
• Richard F. Schwemberger · Cincinnati, US
• Christopher J. Schall · Cincinnati, US
• Jerome R. Morgan · Cincinnati, US
• Robert J. Simms · Monroe, US
• Jeffrey S. Swayze · Hamilton, US
• John N. Ouwerkerk · Lancaster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2014
• Expiry date: May 31, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49863
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical fastener system can comprise a plurality of fasteners which can be connected to each other by, one, a retention matrix which is assembled to the fasteners in order to capture tissue within the fasteners and, two, an alignment matrix configured to hold the fasteners together before the retention matrix is assembled thereto. In various embodiments, the retention matrix and the alignment matrix can each comprise a tissue-contacting surface configured to compress tissue therebetween.