US 12,364,473 B2
Fixation device delivery system
Ronan Keating, Dublin (IE); Diarmuid Conroy, Dublin (IE); and Gerard Rabbitte, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to SHARP FLUIDICS INC., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by SHARP FLUIDICS INC., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/481,029.
Application 18/481,029 is a continuation of application No. 17/301,790, filed on Apr. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,812,955.
Application 17/301,790 is a continuation of application No. 16/070,255, granted, now 11,006,952, issued on May 18, 2021, previously published as PCT/EP2017/050703, filed on Jan. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/278,139, filed on Jan. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0138830 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/068 (2013.01) [A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0648 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0072 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mesh fixation system comprising a tack and a delivery instrument, wherein the tack comprises:
a body having a distal portion and a proximal portion, a helical thread extending outwardly from the body and at least partially extending longitudinally from the distal portion towards the proximal portion and engagement elements configured to operably engage with the delivery instrument, wherein the proximal portion is configured to engage with at least a portion of the delivery instrument, the body configured to engage with tissue upon disengagement with the portion of the delivery instrument and the proximal portion configured to support the mesh against the tissue;
wherein the body defines a lumen for receiving the portion of the delivery instrument and the body further defines a mouth to the lumen that extends along a longitudinal axis of the body and which, on disengagement with the portion of the delivery instrument forms a barb.