Tissue hooks and tools for applying same
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Nov 16, 1999
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Oct 6, 1997
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Oct 6, 1997
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A unitary tissue hook for permanently joining tissue segments together includes a base section and at least one pair of spaced apart arms. A first end of each of the arms is joined to the base section and a second end of each of the arms is provided with a tip. The tips of at least one pair of arms face each other for receiving and holding the tissue segments together. In a preferred form of the invention, the base section includes two pairs of spaced apart arms, with the arms in each pair being spaced apart in a first direction from each other and with each pair of arms being spaced from the other pair in a second direction that is transverse to said first direction. The preferred embodiments of the invention are non-deformable.
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