Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues

Details Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues Surgical device for stapling and/or fastening body tissues

1993-05-14

1995-02-14

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Electrical application

606 32, 606 40, 606 49, 606142, A61B 1736

Patent

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053890981

ABSTRACT:
A surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues, comprises an insertion section extending from an operation section for insertion into a body cavity, stapling member connected to a distal end of the insertion section, for treating body tissues with a high-frequency current within a body cavity. The stapling member includes an anvil and a cartridge between which the tissues are sandwiched, and a cutter. Staples are applied to the anvil from the cartridge for stapling the tissues and the cutter cuts the tissue while it applies a high-frequency current thereto.

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patent: 5104394 (1992-04-01), Knoepfler
patent: 5147356 (1992-09-01), Bhatta
patent: 5207691 (1993-05-01), Nardella

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