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- Patent Title: Fixating means between a mesh and mesh deployment means especially useful for hernia repair surgeries and methods thereof
- Patent Title (中): 网状和网状部署之间的固定方式特别适用于疝修补手术及其方法
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Application No.: US12738454Application Date: 2008-10-22
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Publication No.: US08500762B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Mordehai Sholev , Ruth Zajdman , Itay Ben-Nun
- Applicant: Mordehai Sholev , Ruth Zajdman , Itay Ben-Nun
- Applicant Address: US RI Warwick
- Assignee: Davol, Inc. (a C.R. Bard Company)
- Current Assignee: Davol, Inc. (a C.R. Bard Company)
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Warwick
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/IL2008/001381 WO 20081022
- International Announcement: WO2009/050717 WO 20090423
- Main IPC: A61B17/08
- IPC: A61B17/08 ; A61B17/10 ; A61F2/02

Abstract:
The present invention provides a fixating means (200) adapted for use in hernia repair surgeries in attaching a mesh (2) and mesh deployment means (3); said fixating means are attached to said mesh deployment means (3); said fixating means (200) comprising: (a) a first portion (200a) coupled to said deployment means (3); and, (b) a second portion (200b), comprising a coil (252) having a predetermined retracted shape; said coil is reconfigurable from a plurality of unretracted positions to a plurality of retracted positions and from said plurality of retracted positions to said plurality of unretracted positions; wherein said attachment between said deployment means (3) and said mesh (2) is obtained by reconfiguration of said coil (252) from at least one of said unretracted positions to at least one of said retracted positions.
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