<p>Surgical tissue fasteners and related deployment systems and methods are disclosed. A tissue fastener used to join multiple tissue layers includes a first member, a second member, and a connecting member connecting the first and second members. In some embodiments, the first and second members are configured to expand from a delivered state to a deployed state in which the fastener secures the tissue layers together. Other tissue fastener embodiments include means for applying a substantially constant force on the tissue layers and/or means for adjusting a length of the connecting member between the first and second members.</p>
申请公布号
EP1530442(A2)
申请公布日期
2005.05.18
申请号
EP20030791687
申请日期
2003.08.19
申请人
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
发明人
DEVRIES, ROBERT, B.;DIMATTEO, KRISTIAN;SULLIVAN, ROY, H.;TASSY, MARC, JR.;GELLMAN, BARRY, N.;HUTCHINS, JOHN, E.;GOLDEN, JOHN, B.;GEITZ, KURT, A., E.;SHAW, WILLIAM, J.