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7547326 |
Disc annulus repair system
A repair system including a closure prosthesis and deployment device, and associated methods for repairing any imperfection including a flaw, hole, tear, bulge, or, in some cases, a deliberate cut...
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7452368 |
System for holding surgical fasteners
A system for holding surgical fasteners each having a first anchor, a second anchor and a connector extending therebetween upwardly from the first and second anchors, and a method for loading the...
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7442201 |
Impermanent biocompatible fastener
A biocompatible fastener particularly well-suited for use in fundoplication procedures. In a preferred embodiment, the fastener is designed to break within the span of approximately three to six...
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7267682 |
Anastomosis staple
An anastomosis staple has a base from which multiple deformable tines extend. At least one tine may be offset from at least one other tine. The tines are moveable from a first configuration to a...
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7175648 |
Deep endoscopic staple and stapler
An endoscopic staple and related stapling device that can be used in conjunction with flexible or rigid endoscopy. The staple can also be used for other surgical procedures. The invention relates...
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7160314 |
Fastener for fixing a prosthesis, and device for delivering this fastener
A fastener including at least an element to be anchored in an anatomical support, at least a stop element relative to a planar prosthetic component to be fixed, and a linking rod is characterised...
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7128753 |
Surgical devices having a polymeric material with a therapeutic agent and methods for making same
Surgical devices such as implants or suture fastenings are assembled from a plurality of discrete components, one of which components includes a heat bondable plastic material for bonding the...
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7112214 |
Dynamic bioabsorbable fastener for use in wound closure
A fastener for insertion into pierced openings of a tissue wound has a body formed of a generally bioabsorbable polymer defining an initial capture area internal to the body. The body includes a...
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7105010 |
Surgical fastening system
A surgical fastening system for attaching one piece of tissue to another piece of tissue. The system comprises a surgical fastener, an installation tool for deploying the surgical fastener in...
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7083636 |
Tissue fasteners and related methods
An endoscopic surgical instrument for deploying a two part fastener having a male fastener part and a female fastener part, includes a tube having a proximal end and a distal end. An end effector...
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7063715 |
Endoscopic suture apparatus
A holding member has an opening portion which opens to an distal end. The opening portion, the distal end of an endoscope and a holding member define a treatment space. A clamping member can...
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7056326 |
System for performing vascular anastomoses
Systems for anastomosing a first hollow tissue structure to a second hollow tissue structure are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, such a system comprises at least one tissue securing member...
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7033378 |
Surgical fastener, particularly for the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a clevis and first and second jaws mutually rotatable between open and closed positions. The jaws are proximally directed and laterally...
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7028878 |
Stapling device for closure of deep tissue
A mechanical stapling device for fastening deep tissue during the closing of peritoneal side of a stab wound, which is associated with a laparoscopic surgical procedure, is provided. Also provided...
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7008435 |
Surgical stapling device and method
A surgical stapling device is provided having an elongate housing and a surgical staple slidable longitudinally within the housing towards a free forward end thereof, the staple having a back and...
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7001411 |
Soft tissue cleat
A method and soft tissue cleat device for improving the repair of soft tissue damage. A disc having projections pierces soft tissue and securely joins with a second disc to coapt the interposed...
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6966919 |
Instrument for applying a surgical fastener particularly for the transoral treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a clevis and first and second jaws mutually rotatable between open and closed positions. The jaws are proximally directed and laterally...
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6962596 |
System for performing vascular anastomoses
Systems for anastomosing a first hollow tissue structure to a second hollow tissue structure are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, such a system comprises at least one tissue securing member...
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6939358 |
Apparatus and method for applying reinforcement material to a surgical stapler
An apparatus and method used to apply a self-adherent strip of bio-compatible, staple line reinforcement material onto a working surface of a surgical stapler. The apparatus effectively contains...
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6916327 |
Device for creating an anastomosis, including penetration structure and eversion structure
A surgical staple for use in creating an everted anastomosis of at least two anatomical structures includes a bendable staple body. At least two evening elements protrude from the staple body....
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6773441 |
Methods and devices for tissue reconfiguration
Methods and devices are provided for reconfiguring a tissue within a hollow body organ using an entirely endoscopic approach in order to effectively reduce flow of fluid contents into a second...
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6736828 |
Method for performing endoluminal fundoplication and apparatus for use in the method
A method and device for performing endoluminal fundoplication are described. A device is inserted in the patient's stomach through the esophagus, including an unit adapted to grasp and pull a...
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6706057 |
Compression suture device
A compression suture device for the surgical treatment of hemorrhoids, comprising two mutually opposite sections, each of which has a portion for mutual irreversible connection and a clamping...
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6676679 |
Method and apparatus for recurrent demand injury in stimulating angiogenesis
Various methods and devices for treating a patient who has lost, or is at risk of losing cardiac function by cardiac ischemia are disclosed. Treatment includes first imaging a patient's heart, or a...
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6663640 |
End effector for use with a flexible endoscopic surgical instrument for invagination and fundoplication
An endoscopic surgical instrument includes a flexible tube, a grasping and fastening end effector coupled to the distal end of the tube, and a manual actuator coupled to the proximal end of the...
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6656193 |
Device for attachment of buttress material to a surgical fastening device
An assembly for releasably attaching a buttress material onto a tissue clamping member of a surgical stapling device is disclosed. The assembly has a substantially rigid frame for connecting to a...
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6551333 |
Method for attaching hernia mesh
A method for delivering a plurality of individual surgical fasteners. The method includes the step of providing a surgical fastener delivery device having a drive mechanism with distal and proximal...
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6503259 |
Expandable anastomotic device
A surgical fastening system includes a fastener having a plurality of individual fastener pairs each having a piercing element with a pin that pierces the tissue to be repaired and a receiver...
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6447517 |
Instrument for inserting graft fixation device
An instrument for inserting graft fixation device. The fixation device is useful for affixing a tissue graft to a bone or other body surface. The graft fixation device comprises two implantation...
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6425903 |
Implantable surgical marker
An implantable marker for implantation in tissue of a surgical patient is disclosed. The marker has a base and an elevated bridge. A pair of legs descend from first and second transitions of the...
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6387114 |
Gastrointestinal compression clips
Medical devices and methods used to cause hemostasis of blood vessels located along the gastrointestinal tract. The medical devices include a clip having a stem, an anchor at a first end of the...
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6306156 |
Meniscus repair anchor system
A meniscus repair anchor. The anchor includes an anchor body and a retaining head intercoupled by a flexible member. The anchor is lodged within a hollow needle. The needle is advanced into the...
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6206897 |
Enhanced visualization of the latching mechanism of latching surgical devices
A surgical device having a latching mechanism comprising a latch member; and a retaining member having at least one aperture adapted to receive and retain said latch member in a locked position,...
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6179840 |
Graft fixation device and method
A graft fixation device. The device is useful for affixing a tissue graft to a bone or other body surface. The graft fixation device comprises two implantation members connected by a connecting...
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6113624 |
Absorbable elastomeric polymer
Medical devices or components for medical devices formed from bioabsorbable elastomers comprising a segmented copolymer are disclosed. The segmented copolymer is a copolymer of from about 30 to...
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6099552 |
Gastrointestinal copression clips
Medical devices and methods used to cause hemostasis of blood vessels located along the gastrointestinal tract. The medical devices include a clip having a stem, an anchor at a first end of the...
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6056778 |
Meniscal repair device
A meniscal tissue repair device includes an elongate body having a pointed distal tip. A plurality of lateral grooves is disposed along the body. Grooves disposed near the distal tip of the device...
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5993476 |
Surgical clip and method
A surgical clip for connecting at least two bio-organic tissue members together, the clip comprising a body having two spaced legs and formed into a U-shape, each leg having a distal end which can...
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5980557 |
Fastener for fastening a muscle tendon to a bone
A fastener for fastening a muscle tendon and muscle to a bone. The fastener has a shank designed to be inserted through a tendon and into a channel bored through a bone. A fastening head terminates...
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5980548 |
Transmyocardial revascularization system
A transmyocardial revascularization system including a plurality of inserts formed of a material to elicit a healing response in tissue of the myocardium and deployment instruments and associated...
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5972024 |
Suture-staple apparatus and method
A staple for effecting e.g. an anastomosis between two vascular structures is combined with a delivery system for the staple, the delivery system comprising a suture having a needle connected...
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5972000 |
Non-linear anchor inserter device and bone anchors
A novel medical stapler and screw inserter device is disclosed herein wherein the medical instrument is formed in a non-linear or "C" or "V" shaped conformation. The non-linear shape allows the...
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5893856 |
Apparatus and method for binding a first layer of material to a second layer of material
A fastener for binding a layer of mammalian soft tissue to a mammalian bone includes a body portion for disposition in a bore in the bone, the body portion having means thereon for resisting...
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5868788 |
High-strength, melt-processable, lactade-rich, poly(lactade-co-p-dioxanone) copolymers
Absorbable, segmented copolymers of aliphatic polyesters based on lactone monomers lactide, and p-dioxanone are described. The segmented copolymers exhibit a broad range of properties, especially...
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5843126 |
Multiple surgical suture application
A multiple surgical suturing apparatus (10) is provided having a fastener member (11) and a retainer member (12). The fastener member has a series of prongs (14) removably mounted to the tubular...
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5810855 |
Endoscopic device and method for reinforcing surgical staples
A surgical staple line reinforcement device for use with a variety of surgical staplers having a pivoted connection between stapler arms or jaws, such as endoscopic stapler devices. The device...
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5702462 |
Method of meniscal repair
A method for repairing a torn meniscus includes inserting at least two anchoring members into the meniscus. Each anchoring member includes a dart and at least one suture. The darts are embedded in...
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5702409 |
Device and method for reinforcing surgical staples
A surgical staple line reinforcement device for use with a variety of surgical staplers to protect against tissue damage from surgical staples. The device comprises a tube of bio-implantable...
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5702048 |
Device for microanatomosis of blood vessels
A device for microanastomosis of blood vessels has a housing (1) provided with a gripper (3) for grasping and crimping staples (4, 5), housing (1) enclosing a mechanism for crimping staples (4, 5)...
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5667527 |
Staples
An improved surgical staple is disclosed wherein predetermined regions of the staple legs are weakened to cause bending and deformation of said legs in a controlled manner. The staple provides a...
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