Edward Earl Hall

US Patent:

8506591, Aug 13, 2013

Filed:

Jun 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/305071

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Danielson - Peacham VT, US
Charles H. Rogers - Halifax MA, US
Peter L. Stokes - Boston MA, US
Edward R. Hall - Somerville MA, US

Assignee:

Opus KSD Inc. - Peacham VT

International Classification:

A61B 17/08
A61B 17/10

US Classification:

606213, 606142, 606215, 227 19, 2271751

Abstract:

A tissue fastener includes a bridge section and two cannulated leg sections. The tissue fastener is a single piece of material, and the material can be a bioabsorbable material. Each of the two leg sections can include at least one barb for resisting dislodgement from tissue after the fastener is inserted into tissue. The bridge can be flexible, and the leg sections can receive needles to allow insertion of the fastener into tissue from above a surface of the tissue. Various insertion devices and mechanisms are possible to deploy the fastener into a wound in a patient's skin from above the surface of and generally perpendicular to the skin.

US Patent:

20120325889, Dec 27, 2012

Filed:

Sep 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/604190

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Danielson - Peacham VT, US
Charles H. Rogers - Halifax MA, US
Peter L. Stokes - Boston MA, US
Edward R. Hall - Somerville MA, US

Assignee:

OPUS KSD INC. - Peacham VT

International Classification:

A61B 17/068

US Classification:

2271751

Abstract:

A mechanism for deploying a fastener into skin tissue comprises a first foot, a second foot, and an insertion device. The first foot is configured to contact an external surface of the skin tissue on one side of an incision or wound. The second foot is configured to contact the external skin surface on the other side of the incision/wound. The first and second feet are spaced apart by a gap, and each is configured to allow the skin tissue from one side of the incision or wound to be retracted thereover at an acute angle to expose an inner surface of each of the sides of the incision or wound. The insertion device releasably holds the fastener and is movable to deploy the fastener into the exposed inner surfaces from above and generally perpendicular to the external skin surface.