Elongated-member-driving apparatus – Surgical stapler – With magazine
Patent
1996-10-04
1999-05-11
Smith, Scott A.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
Surgical stapler
With magazine
227 19, 2271781, A61B17/068
Patent
active
059018950
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for applying surgical fasteners to body tissue which includes a body having a proximal portion defining a central longitudinal axis and an articulating distal portion; a fastener cartridge containing at least one surgical fastener therein and positionable in the articulating distal portion; an anvil mounted adjacent the fastener cartridge and defining a fastener forming surface against which surgical fasteners are formed when ejected from the fastener cartridge; a fastener driving mechanism operatively associated with the fastener cartridge and actuatable from the handle to eject the at least one fastener from the fastener cartridge; a link member having a distal portion offset from the body central longitudinal axis and pivotably connected to the articulating distal portion at a point spaced from the body central longitudinal axis, the link member being movable between a proximal-most position to move the distal portion to an articulated condition away from the central longitudinal axis on a first side of the body and a distal-most position to move the distal portion to an articulated condition away from the central longitudinal axis on a second side of the body; and a control lever connected to the link member and pivotable about a point located along the body central longitudinal axis between a first position corresponding to the proximal-most position of the link member and a second position corresponding to the distal-most position of the link member.
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Bachman Alan B.
Heaton Lisa W.
McClure Richard C.
Milliman Keith L.
Palmer Mitchell J.
Smith Scott A.
United States Surgical Corporation
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