Surgical fasteners and fastening devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9241710
APP PUB NO 20090182352A1
SERIAL NO

11988293

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The invention provides a surgical fastener. The fastener has a first element defining an axis of the fastener, and one or more prongs attached to the first element at hinge regions. Deploying the fastener involves bending the prongs at the hinges so as to increase the distance of the prong tips from the axis and locking the fastener in this deployed configuration. The invention also provides a surgical fastening device and a method for attaching a surgical fastener to a site of a body tissue.

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  • I.B.I ISRAEL BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heftman, Gilad Kibbutz Ein Gev, IL 22 1588
Paz, Adrian Petach Tikva, IL 22 1028

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