Patent ID: 9271732
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A device for automatically feeding a series of medical fasteners to a location for mating with a rotary driver tip and for placement of each of said series of medical fasteners into tissue or bone structure to hold said tissue or bone structure together, comprising: a driver body, a powered screw driver positioned within said driver body; said screw driver having a tip, the screw driver configured for lateral and rotational movement; a fastener carrier system comprising a cartridge having multiple chambers, each chamber carrying a fastener therein, removable from and attached to said driver body; and a positioning mechanism within the driver for advancing the cartridge to position a fastener of the series of medical fasteners in the chambers of the cartridge in a controlled manner to receive the tip of the screw driver, to interlock the tip to structure on or in the head of the fastener, to rotate the fastener, and to move the interlocking tip and fastener laterally forward for placement of the fastener.