Elongated-member-driving apparatus – With interlock means
Patent
1983-02-28
1985-05-28
Bell, Paul A.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
With interlock means
227 19, 227121, 227DIG1, A61B 1704, B25C 502
Patent
active
045195323
ABSTRACT:
A medical stapler including a ram adapted to push a staple along a passageway from an inlet opening into which staples are fed, to an outlet opening where the staple is closed about an anvil portion. A manually activated drive mechanism is adapted to move the ram and staple from the inlet to the outlet opening, and a slidable and pivotable pawl adapted for ratcheting engagement with the ram is provided to prevent reverse movement of the ram until the ram is moved to close the staple.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2289308 (1942-07-01), Fancher et al.
patent: 3873016 (1975-03-01), Fishbein
patent: 4077557 (1978-03-01), Green
patent: 4185762 (1980-01-01), Froehlich
patent: 4202480 (1980-05-01), Annett
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 299,068 filed Sep. 3, 1981, in the name of Kent R. Struble, entitled "Stapler."
Bell Paul A.
Huebsch William L.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Sell Donald M.
Smith James A.
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