Patent ID: 9610099
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A tissue fixation device, comprising: a housing having an inner space configured to receive tissue therein and an enclosed section, wherein the enclosed section completely encloses at least one planar surface and surrounds the inner space; a cap detachable from the housing; at least one fixation member movable between a retracted configuration in which the at least one fixation member is retracted relative to the inner space and a deployed configuration in which the at least one fixation member protrudes into the inner space; and a fixation member carriage captured between the cap and the housing, the fixation member carriage engaged with the at least one fixation member and configured to move the at least one fixation member between the deployed configuration and the retracted configuration; wherein the housing and the fixation member carriage are substantially circular, and wherein rotational movement of the fixation member carriage along a circle defined by the housing moves the at least one fixation member between the retracted and deployed configurations; and wherein the at least one fixation member is deflected by the cap as it moves to the deployed configuration.