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Method of closing discontinuity in tissue

  • US 5,549,631 A
  • Filed: 05/22/1995
  • Issued: 08/27/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus comprising a magazine which holds an array of anchors, said magazine having a pusher section with an outer side surface which is engagable with a trailing end of an anchor disposed outside of said magazine to apply force against the trailing end of the anchor disposed outside of the magazine, a thin elongated member extending through each of the anchors in the array of anchors in said magazine and through the anchor disposed outside of said magazine, and a suture extending through each of the anchors in the array of anchors in said magazine and through the anchor outside of said magazine.

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