Surgical stapler apparatus

Details Surgical stapler apparatus Surgical stapler apparatus

1981-08-17

1986-12-30

Thaler, Michael H.

Elongated-member-driving apparatus

With means to assemble plural pieces of work

227155, 227DIG1, 128334R, A61B 1710

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046322906

ABSTRACT:
An improved anvil for crimping or clinching generally U-shaped surgical staples in a surgical stapler includes a main channel transverse to the bases of the staples, the bottom surface of the main channel being the staple crimping or clinching surface and having a plurality of closely spaced grooves or secondary channels transverse to the longitudinal axis of the main channel for allowing staples to be crimped or clinched at substantially any location along the length of the main channel.

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