Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With means to move or guide member into driving position – With work-penetrating clenching tools
Patent
1994-02-09
1995-06-20
Jackson, Gary
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With means to move or guide member into driving position
With work-penetrating clenching tools
227 19, 227175, 606220, A61B 1704, B25C 502
Patent
active
054254892
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for applying a surgical clip which comprises a staple having a central portion and first and second legs extending from said central portion. A retainer is provided having an opening dimensioned for passage of an end portion of each of said legs when the legs are bent from an open position to a closed position. The apparatus comprises staple forming means in the form of a pair of pivotable members movable from an open position to a closed position when slid into engagement with a camming surface. Staple pusher means engage the central portion of the staple and slides the staple distally into contact with an anvil and with the pivotable members to bend the staple legs to their closed position.
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Josefsen Turi
Shichman Daniel
Zvenyatsky Boris
Jackson Gary
United States Surgical Corporation
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