Patent ID: 9345476
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A tacking device comprising: a wire having first and second ends, and further having delivery and deployed states, wherein, in the delivery state, the wire comprises an elongated configuration that is substantially parallel to a central longitudinal axis, wherein, in the deployed state, the wire comprises a head region, a body region and a junction disposed therebetween, the head region comprising a curved portion substantially within a plane, a first diameter, and a substantially straight segment adjacent to the first end wherein the first end is bent in a direction towards the second end and terminates adjacent to the plane in the deployed state, and the body region comprising at least two full turns having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter, wherein the junction changes a direction of curvature of the wire from clockwise to counterclockwise directions, wherein a turn of the first diameter leads into the junction, and wherein, in the deployed state, there is a curvature in one direction only along the head region, and the junction is substantially straight.