Patent ID: 9398915
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A wound closure kit, comprising: a preliminary assembly including a carrier tube, a closure element positioned about the carrier tube, the closure element having an uncompressed, non-planar configuration, and a pusher tube; a garage tube sized and configured to receive the closure element in a reconfigured compressed, non-planar configuration; a base having a hollow center point sized and configured to receive the closure element in the uncompressed, non-planar configuration on a first side of the base and further sized and configured to receive a garage tube on a second side of the base; a plurality of clamps slidably positioned about the hollow center point, each of the plurality of clamps including a differentially shaped contact portion having a first portion that includes a first surface sized and configured to clamp against the closure element and a second surface recessed radially relative to the first surface; a plurality of cam elements coupled to the plurality of clamps; a rotation member rotatably coupled to the plurality of cam elements, upon rotation about a rotation axis, the rotation member being configured to cause each of the plurality of clamps to radially slide in a linear direction toward the hollow center point or away from the hollow center point; and wherein the plurality of clamps are configured to remain stationary in a lateral direction along the rotation axis, relative to the base and relative to the rotation member.