Skin fastener

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5593423
SERIAL NO

08380225

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A fastener for securing adjacent layers of body tissue to each other and being configured and composed of a material so as to emerge from the body tissue after a limited period of time. The fastener includes a backspan and at least two prongs extending from the backspan. Each prong has a tapered tip culminating in a sharp point. The prongs each include a shaft having a cylindrical portion of uniform diameter. In one embodiment, the prong includes a serrated portion having a plurality of notches spaced apart so as to define ridge portions there between. In another embodiment, the prong includes a pair of tapered projecting surfaces extending around a portion thereof.

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  • UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lopez-Isa, Maria E Huntington, CT 3 390
Person, Wayne C Newtown, CT 16 5205
Theroux, Marc J Slatersville, RI 11 3673

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