Surgical fastener and instrument

A surgical fastener (30) including a filament (31) formed into a generally helical shape around a fastener axis and having a plurality of coils (32). The proximal end of the filament has an engagement member (36) and the distal end of the filament has a penetrating tip (34). The engagement member ma...

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1. Verfasser: MESSERLY JEFFREY D.,BAXTER CXHESTER O. III
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Zusammenfassung:A surgical fastener (30) including a filament (31) formed into a generally helical shape around a fastener axis and having a plurality of coils (32). The proximal end of the filament has an engagement member (36) and the distal end of the filament has a penetrating tip (34). The engagement member may be driven to rotate the penetrating tip about the fastener axis such that the coils screw into tissue held in the path of the penetrating tip.