(19)
(11) EP 2 163 208 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
12.05.2010 Bulletin 2010/19

(43) Date of publication:
17.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/11

(21) Application number: 09009029.1

(22) Date of filing: 10.07.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 17/064(2006.01)
 A61B 17/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 11.07.2008 US 171816

(71) Applicant: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Takahashi, Shinji
    Tokyo 151-0072  (JP)
  • Kaji, Kunihide
    Tokyo 151-0072  (JP)
  • Sato, Masatoshi
    Tokyo 151-0072  (JP)
  • Yamamoto, Tetsuya
    Tokyo 151-0072  (JP)
  • Hashimoto, Tatsutoshi
    Tokyo 151-0072  (JP)

(74) Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


(54) Tissue fastener


(57) This tissue fastening apparatus is a tissue fastener for clamping first biological tissue and second biological tissue so as to be in close contact with each other, including: a first tissue fixation portion, made of an elastic wire wound in a coil, that is locked on the first biological tissue; and a second tissue fixation portion, made of an elastic wire wound in a coil, that is locked on the second biological tissue, the second tissue fixation portion continuing into the first tissue fixation portion, in which when falling off the first and second biological tissue necrotized by being clamped between the first tissue fixation portion and the second tissue fixation portion, the tissue fastener moves only from the second tissue fixation portion to the first tissue fixation portion side and falls off.