Method for attaching hernia mesh

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6551333
APP PUB NO 20020087170A1
SERIAL NO

10016419

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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. The method further involves the step of deploying a distal end of one of the surgical fasteners by moving the moving member proximally.

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  • ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fuchs, Richard P Cincinnati, OH 20 7330
Koch, Robert L Cincinnati, OH 14 3983
Kuhns, Jesse J Cincinnati, OH 28 22236
Thompson, Bennie Blue Ash, OH 67 29267

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