摘要 |
<p>A tissue fastener assembly delivers a fastener for deployment. The assembly includes a fastener including a first member, a second member, the first and second members having first and second ends, and a flexible connecting member fixed to each of the first and second members intermediate the first and second ends and extending between the first and second members. The first member has a longitudinal axis and a through channel along the axis. The assembly further includes a deployment wire slidingly received within the through channel of the first member that pierces into the tissue and guides the first member through the tissue, a guide structure defining a lumen that receives the fastener and deployment wire and guides the deployment wire and fastener to the tissue, and a fastener configuration structure that orientates the second member in a predetermined position relative to the first member within the lumen for dependable deployment.</p> |
申请人 |
ENDOGASTRIC SOLUTIONS, INC. |
发明人 |
BAKER, STEVE, G.;CARTER, BRETT, J.;KRAEMER, STEFAN, J.M.;ALFERNESS, CLIFTON, A.;ADAMS, JOHN, M.;WOLNIEWICZ, RAYMOND, MICHAEL |