Patent ID: 7753936

Claim:
A surgical device for forming adhesive fasteners in one or more portions of tissue comprising: a) a shaft; b) a first jaw extending from a distal end of the shaft and a second jaw at the distal end of the shaft, the second jaw movable from a first position spaced away from the first jaw to a second position adjacent to the first jaw to clamp tissue therebetween, wherein the first jaw has a first head forming pocket, wherein the second jaw has a second head forming pocket; c) a fluid polymer adhesive contained within the surgical device, the fluid polymer adhesive polymerizable by exposure to an adhesive initiator; and d) a fastener forming end effector configured to form an adhesive pin fastener in tissue with the fluid polymer adhesive, wherein the fastener forming end effector is operable to form the adhesive pin by dispensing part of the fluid polymer adhesive in the first head forming pocket and part of the fluid polymer adhesive in the second head forming pocket, such that the adhesive pin fastener has two heads adjacent to opposite surfaces of the clamped tissue, wherein at least a part of the adhesive pin fastener is formed by shaping the fluid polymer adhesive while the end effector is in contact with the one or more portions of tissue, and polymerizing the fluid polymer adhesive by exposing the shaped fluid polymer adhesive to the adhesive initiator.