Patent ID: 9549734
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A material-joining device comprising: a first fastener having first and second segments, the first and second segments being coupled to one another via a spring coupled between first ends of the first and second segments, the first and second segments extending away from the spring to respective tissue piercing free ends; and a housing which holds the first fastener in an insertion configuration with the free ends of the first and second segments positioned proximally of the spring, the first fastener being movable relative to the housing from the insertion configuration to an initial deployment configuration in which only the first segment extends distally from the housing so that the free end of the first segment may be inserted into a first portion of tissue, the first fastener being movable relative to the housing from the initial deployment configuration to a second deployment configuration in which the second segment extends distally from the housing so that the free end of the second segment may be inserted into a second portion of tissue.