Patent ID: 6494886
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for clamping tissue, comprising:providing a self-locking surgical fastener and a clamping device for applying said fastener to organic tissues, said clamping device a pair of jaws, said fastener being located between said jaws in an offset closed configuration of said jaws; passing said jaws and said fastener through a cannula into a patient; thereafter moving at least one of said jaws so that said jaws assume an open configuration; shifting the opened jaws so that said jaws and portions of said fastener are disposed on opposite sides of a selected portion of internal organic tissues of the patient; and after the shifting of the opened jaws, moving at least said one of said jaws so that said jaws assume an aligned closed configuration, whereby said fastener is applied to the selected portion of the internal organic tissues of the patient.