SURGICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR INSTALLING THE SAME

摘要

A surgical implant comprising a receiver member and deployment member for clamping and sealing tissue of variable thickness, a corresponding applicator tool and surgical system for connecting, sealing, fastening and/or attaching tissue to itself, to other tissue and/or to non- tissue structures, and/or sealing the flow of fluid at and/or between structures such as tissue and vessel structures.