Elongated-member-driving apparatus – Surgical stapler – With magazine
Patent
1990-03-05
1992-03-31
Yost, Frank T.
Elongated-member-driving apparatus
Surgical stapler
With magazine
227178, 227180, 227181, 227 19, A61B 17072
Patent
active
051000423
ABSTRACT:
An instrument for cutting body tissue and applying a plurality of two part surgical fasteners to the body tissue on each side of the cut. The instrument includes a U-shaped distal portion, and a body having a longitudinal portion for enclosing an axial drive means for pushing fasteners into position in the body tissue. The axial drive means is off-centered from the fastener pushing means in the fastener cartridge at the U-shaped distal portion. A trigger operated diverter is provided with a unique system of force conversion and transmission for converting a single off-centered axial drive force to a uniformly distributed drive force for pushing the fastener pushers, and the knife assembly.
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"Auto Suture.RTM. Poly CS.TM.-57 Disposable Surgical Stapler", printed 7/88.
"Auto Suture.RTM. Poly CS.TM.-57 Disposable Loading Units with LACTOMER.RTM. Absorbable Copolymer Staples", printed 7/88.
Aranyi Ernie
Gravener Roy
Zvenyatsky Boris
Barrese Rocco S.
Bremer Thomas R.
Dilworth Peter G.
Rada Rinaldi
United States Surgical Corporation
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