FORM IN PLACE FASTENERS
First Claim
1. A surgical device for forming adhesive fasteners in one or more portions of tissue comprising:
- a) a shaft;
b) a first jaw extending from a distal end of the shaft and a second jaw at the distal end of the shaft, the second jaw movable from a first position spaced away from the first jaw to a second position adjacent to the first jaw to clamp tissue therebetween;
c) a fluid polymer adhesive contained within the surgical device, the fluid polymer adhesive polymerizable by exposure to an adhesive initiator; and
d) a fastener forming mechanism for forming an adhesive fastener in tissue with the fluid polymer adhesive, wherein at least a part of the adhesive fastener is formed by shaping the fluid polymer adhesive in contact with the one or more portions of tissue, and polymerizing the fluid polymer adhesive by exposing the shaped fluid polymer adhesive to the adhesive initiator.
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Abstract
A fastening device for clamping and fastening tissue together with fasteners formed from an adhesive is disclosed. An embodiment of the adhesive fastening device can clamp a first and a second portion of tissue together between a first and a second jaw, and can place a fluid polymer adhesive into tissue and form it into a polymerized surgical fastener within the tissue. The adhesive fastener can be formed as a polymerized shank or shaft extending through the tissue, and can have one or more heads formed on the shank. The shank can be formed solely from the polymerizable adhesive, or can be formed from another material such as nitinol, titanium, stainless steel, suture, or a plastic. Shanks of other material can be combined with the adhesive. Alternately, an adhesive fastener can be formed extending distally from a distal end of the surgical device. And, an adhesive fastener can be formed around a luminal tissue or within luminal tissue.
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24 Claims
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1. A surgical device for forming adhesive fasteners in one or more portions of tissue comprising:
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a) a shaft; b) a first jaw extending from a distal end of the shaft and a second jaw at the distal end of the shaft, the second jaw movable from a first position spaced away from the first jaw to a second position adjacent to the first jaw to clamp tissue therebetween; c) a fluid polymer adhesive contained within the surgical device, the fluid polymer adhesive polymerizable by exposure to an adhesive initiator; and d) a fastener forming mechanism for forming an adhesive fastener in tissue with the fluid polymer adhesive, wherein at least a part of the adhesive fastener is formed by shaping the fluid polymer adhesive in contact with the one or more portions of tissue, and polymerizing the fluid polymer adhesive by exposing the shaped fluid polymer adhesive to the adhesive initiator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23)
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20. A surgical device for forming fasteners within one or more portions of tissue comprising:
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a) a shaft having a proximal and a distal end; b) fluid polymer adhesive contained within the shaft wherein the polymer adhesive is polymerized by exposure to an adhesive initiator; and c) a fastener forming mechanism for forming an adhesive fastener in the one or more portions of tissue with the fluid polymer adhesive, wherein the fluid polymer adhesive is shaped into the adhesive fastener from a distal end of the shaft and polymerized by exposing the shaped fluid polymer adhesive to the adhesive initiator. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24)
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