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Abstract

A surgical closure method utilizes a surgical closure device having an elongate tubular shaft, an elongate rod extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a disk attached to a distal end of the rod. The method comprises (a) inserting a distal end portion of the shaft into a patient, (b) thereafter shifting the rod relative to the shaft so that the disk is located distally of a distal end of the shaft, (c) manipulating the rod to insert the disk through a hole in a wall of a hollow internal organ of the patient, (e) pulling the rod in a proximal direction to bring the inserted disk into contact with the organ wall, (f) thereafter ejecting a plurality of fasteners from the distal end of the shaft through the wall and at least partially through the disk while the disk is maintained in contact with the wall, and (g) after the ejecting of the fasteners, separating the disk from the rod, thereby completing a closure of the hole.

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