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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reloadable device for deploying fasteners including a handle and at least one actuator. SOLUTION: The handle is connected to an elongated hollow housing having distal and proximal ends. The device also includes a first cartridge containing at least one fastener releasably connectable to the distal end of hollow housing. The fastener has at least two anchors connected together by a non-resilient flexible suture which does not resist deformation under compressible loads. The device also includes a means for facilitating removal of the first cartridge and replacing it with a second cartridge. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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