Inventors:
Joseph Iraci - New Rochelle NY, US
Mark P. Zoland - Scarsdale NY, US
International Classification:
A61B 17/03
Abstract:
A surgical instrument for storing, deploying, manipulating, and securing a surgical mesh at a surgical site is provided. The surgical instrument includes an elongate member, a drive member extending through an interior channel defined by the elongate member, and proximal and distal fixation members for securing the surgical mesh at a surgical site. The surgical instrument in initially provided in a loaded configuration in which the mesh and the proximal and distal fixation members are disposed inside a distal interior chamber at the distal end of the elongate member and detachably coupled to the drive member. The surgical instrument is configurable to multiple deployment configurations to deploy the surgical mesh at the surgical site and to attach the proximal and distal fixation members to the mesh and to tissue at the surgical site for securing the mesh at the surgical site.