Surgical stapler apparatus with curved shaft

Details Surgical stapler apparatus with curved shaft Surgical stapler apparatus with curved shaft

1981-09-03

1986-03-18

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

227 19, 227DIG1, A61B 1711

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045761671

ABSTRACT:
A surgical stapler including a stapling assembly, an actuator assembly remote from the stapling assembly, and a longitudinal shaft assembly having a longitudinally curved section for connecting the actuator assembly to the stapling assembly and for transmitting the forces and motions required to operate the stapling assembly from the actuator assembly to the stapling assembly.

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