SURGICAL FASTENERS FOR ATTACHING SUTURE

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
ISOTAC	SMITH & NEPHEW, INC	1450 Brooks Road Memphis TN 38116	SURGICAL FASTENERS FOR ATTACHING SUTURE TO BONE, AND INSTALLATION TOOLS FOR DEPLOYING THE SAME;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A tissue retaining ring for use with a plurality of surgical fasteners mounted within a disposable loading unit utilized during a vascular anastomosis inlcudes a genrally circular, semi-pliable material having a series of alternating loops and arcuate portions. Each of the loops defines an aperture therein which is dimensioned to receive a distal end of one of the plurality of surgical fasteners. When the instrument is fired, the surgical fasteners are simultaneously deformed through the tissue ring and through the tissue. The tissue retaining ring holds the tissue in place along the surgical fastener and reduces the chances of tissue slippage after deformation.