Patent ID: 7105010
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. In combination, an installation tool and a fastener, said fastener comprising a cylindrically shaped shaft, a bar extending outwardly and distally from a proximal end of said shaft, and a fin extending outwardly and proximally from a blunt distal end of said shaft, said fin and said bar being in alignment with each other along a side of said shaft; and said installation tool comprising a tubular carrier portion configured to retain said fastener and having at a distal end on one side thereof a sharpened distally directed edge defined by a sloping end surface, said carrier portion having an open side extending substantially throughout the length of the carrier portion and configured to facilitate the extension therethrough of said bar and said fin, said carrier portion further comprising floor and shoulder portions configured for abutment with bottom surface and proximal end surface portions, respectively, of said cylindrically shaped shaft when said fastener is at rest in said carrier portion and during deployment of said fastener.