Method for attaching hernia mesh
CA 2413904 C · Owner: Kuhns, Jesse J. · Inventors: Thompson, Bennie; Fuchs, Rick P.; Koch, Robert L.
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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 ends the drive mechanism comprising moving and fixed opposing members the moving member being moveable proximally and distally with respect to the delivery device and the fixed member being fixed with respect to the delivery device the device having the plurality of surgical fasteners located between the moving and the fixed members. The method further involves the step of penetrating tissue and placing a distal end one of the surgical fasteners within tissue by moving the moving member distally. …
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- Filed December 10, 2002 and granted November 29, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 10, 2022.
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