SURGICAL IMPLANT AND METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR INSTALLING THE SAME
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Abstract
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.
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64 Claims
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1-43. -43. (canceled)
- 44. A surgical implant configured to accommodate a range of tissue thicknesses, the implant comprising first and second fasteners and first and second compressible members, the first fastener engageable with the first compressible member and the second fastener engageable with the second compressible member, wherein the first compressible member is compressible in accordance with a distance of advancement of the first fastener and the second compressible member is compressible in accordance with a distance of advancement of the second fastener, the distances of advancement of the first and second fasteners dependent on a tissue thickness through which the fasteners advance.
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56. A surgical implant comprising:
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a fastener supporting member having a first surface; a plurality of fasteners supported by the fastener supporting member, the plurality of fasteners having a penetrating tip and deployable in a first direction; a receiver member configured to receive the plurality of fasteners; and a plurality of counterforce members extending from the fastener supporting member to apply a counterforce on the plurality of fasteners when the plurality of fasteners have been deployed, the counterforce members applying a force against the plurality of fasteners in a second direction opposite a first direction of deployment of the plurality of fasteners. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60)
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- 61. A surgical implant comprising a receiver member, a fastener supporting member and a plurality of fasteners supported on the fastener supporting member and arranged along a longitudinally extending row substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fastener supporting member, the plurality of fasteners engageable with the receiver member, the fastener supporting member and the receiver member having a width and a length exceeding the width, and the plurality of fasteners coupling the fastener supporting member and the receiver member together and pulling the receiver member toward the fastener supporting member after coupling the fastener supporting member and receiver member.
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64-264. -264. (canceled)
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