Patent ID: 6503259
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
A surgical fastener, comprising:a plurality of first portions having a first tissue constraining surface; a plurality of second portions having a second tissue constraining surface, said first portions positionable proximate a first side of a bodily tissue, said second portions positionable proximate a second side of the bodily tissue adjacent corresponding ones of said first portions, said first portions extendable through the bodily tissue to contact said second portions and interlock therewith with said first tissue constraining surface positioned proximate the first side of the bodily tissue and resisting withdrawal of said first portions through the bodily tissue and said second tissue constraining surface positioned proximate the second side of the bodily tissue resisting withdrawal of said second portions through the bodily tissue, said first portions having a pin extending therefrom proximate said first tissue constraining surface and said second portions having a pin receiver opening therein proximate said second tissue constraining surface, said pin being lockingly received within said pin receiver opening, said first tissue constraining surface including a substantially flat base portion proximate said pin and first and second base extension arms extending from said base portion and having a width substantially less than a width of said base portion, said first and second base extension arms being spaced apart and extending generally tangentially from said base portion in opposite directions, said second tissue constraining surface including a central portion proximate said pin receiver opening and first and second central portion extension arms extending from said central portion substantially perpendicularly relative to an axis of said pin receiver opening, said first and second base extension arms and said first and second central portion extension arms being approximately coextensive and homologous.