Surgical closure element

Details Surgical closure element Surgical closure element

1987-03-13

1988-11-29

Pinkham, Richard C.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

411457, A61B 1704, F16B 3504

Patent

active

047873876

ABSTRACT:
An improved surgical instrument cartridge is described. The cartridge comprises a plurality of wound closure elements. Each element has a crown and two opposite side legs. The distal end of each leg of an element contacts the crown of the adjacent preceding element. Two opposite grooves (in the cartridge) contain at least each end of each crown and the proximal end of each leg. The cartridge is attached to a surgical instrument. To activate the plurality of closure elements, a spring acts only on the proximal element. The improvement comprises the distal ends of the legs of each element being in an essentially converging relationship. The plurality of elements are thus self-aligning in the grooves. The wound closure element can be a staple.

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