Patent ID: 9486218
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F

Claim Text:
1. A surgical instrument for inserting surgical tacks into tissue comprising: a handle portion; an elongate tubular portion extending from the handle portion; a rod positioned in the elongate tubular portion; a plurality of surgical tacks supported on the rod such that the rod extends through each surgical tack of the plurality of surgical tacks, each surgical tack of the plurality of surgical tacks having a head portion, a barrel portion, a central throughbore extending through the head portion and the barrel portion, and a thread extending an entire length of the surgical tack; wherein the thread includes a tissue thread on the barrel portion and a drive thread on the head portion of each surgical tack of the plurality of surgical tacks, the tissue thread and drive thread being discontinuous; and an actuation system configured to individually dispense each surgical tack of the plurality of surgical tacks through the elongate tubular portion and into tissue.