FASTENER SYSTEM COMPRISING A RETENTION MATRIX AND AN ALIGNMENT MATRIX

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/044844

A3

A surgical fastener system can comprise a plurality of fasteners which can be connected to each other by, one, a retention matrix which is assembled to the fasteners in order to capture tissue within the fasteners and, two, an alignment matrix configured to hold the fasteners together before the retention matrix is assembled thereto. In various embodiments, the retention matrix and the alignment matrix can each comprise a tissue-contacting surface configured to compress tissue therebetween.

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WOODARD JAMES A JR (US)
SCHEIB CHARLES J (US)
BOURDREAUX CHAD B (US)
BRUEWER DEAN B (US)
SCHWEMBERGER RICHARD F (US)
SCHALL CHRISTOPHER J (US)
SWAYZE JEFFREY S (US)
MORGAN JEROME R (US)
SIMMS ROBERT J (US)
OUWERKERK JOHN N (US)

PCT/US2011/054048

June 28, 2012

September 29, 2011

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ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC (US)
WOODARD JAMES A JR (US)
SCHEIB CHARLES J (US)
BOURDREAUX CHAD B (US)
BRUEWER DEAN B (US)
SCHWEMBERGER RICHARD F (US)
SCHALL CHRISTOPHER J (US)
SWAYZE JEFFREY S (US)
MORGAN JEROME R (US)
SIMMS ROBERT J (US)
OUWERKERK JOHN N (US)

A61B17/064

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JOHNSON, Philip S. et al. (1 Johnson & Johnson PlazaNew Brunswick, NJ, US)

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