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Surgery delivery device and mesh anchor

  • US 7,758,612 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2004
  • Issued: 07/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A delivery device for delivering surgical anchors, the delivery device comprising:

  • a. a housing,b. a delivery tube with distal and proximal ends,c. a reciprocating anchor carrier, with distal and proximal positions and distal and proximal ends, the distal end of the anchor carrier terminating in a tissue penetrator member, the reciprocating anchor carrier being moveable distally and proximally with respect to the delivery device,d. a plurality of surgical anchors located within the delivery tube and radially about the anchor carrier, each surgical anchor having a penetration section and a head section, an actuator having at least two states, the first state causing the anchor carrier to be in its proximal-most position and the second state causing the anchor carrier to be in the distal-most position with a perimeter of the penetration section of the surgical anchor extending distally beyond the distal end of the delivery tube and being in contact with a target site.

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