Patent ID: 9744020
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61L

Claim:
1. A deployment system, comprising: an elongate shaft having a first end and a second end; a grasping assembly coupled to the first end of the elongate shaft, wherein the grasping assembly includes a first jaw and a second jaw rotatable with respect to the elongate shaft; an actuator coupled to the second end of the elongate shaft, wherein the actuator is configured to move the grasping assembly between an open position and a closed position; and a wound closure device configured to be positioned between the first jaw and the second jaw, wherein the wound closure device comprises at least four fixation components connected to and extending therethrough, wherein each of the first jaw and the second jaw include at least two pins configured to be removably coupled to a respective fixation component when the wound closure device is coupled to the grasping assembly, and wherein the at least two pins extending from the first jaw and the at least two pins extending from the second jaw do not overlap when the grasping assembly is in the closed position.