Patent ID: 7371246
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical fastener for terminating a flow of fluid through a body lumen, comprising: an outer barrel having an annular side wall including at least a pair of radial slots formed therein and defining an open end; an inner barrel rotatably coupled within the outer barrel, the inner barrel having an annular side wall including a pair of radial slots formed therein and defining an open end, wherein the coupled inner and outer barrels are open ended in a common direction, each radial slot of the pair formed in the side wall of the inner barrel corresponding to a respective one of the radial slots formed in the outer barrel; wherein the surgical fastener has a biased open position in which the radial slots of the outer barrel are radially aligned with the radial slots of the inner barrel, and a biased closed position in which the radial slots of the outer barrel and inner barrel are out of radial alignment and configured to constrict the body lumen at two locations along the length thereof; and wherein the fastener includes a biasing element, and the outer barrel and the inner barrel are biased to one of the closed position and the open position without the biasing element obstructing any of the radial slots.