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Methods and devices for delivering and applying multiple suture anchors

  • US 9,089,320 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2008
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical device, comprising:

  • a plurality of anchors;

    a plurality of sutures, each of the plurality of anchors having one of the sutures coupled thereto; and

    an elongate shaft having a tissue-penetrating tip at a distal end thereof, a plurality of channels formed in the elongate shaft each configured to seat one of the plurality of anchors, and an inner lumen isolated from the plurality of channels and extending through the elongate shaft, the sutures each at least partially extending through the inner lumen, and the plurality of channels being configured such that upon insertion of the shaft through tissue each of the anchors can be selectively retracted proximally relative to the shaft by pulling the suture coupled thereto to release the anchor from the channel in which the anchor is seated and engage tissue with the suture coupled thereto extending through the tissue.

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