Surgical stapling apparatus

Details Surgical stapling apparatus Surgical stapling apparatus

1984-08-17

1986-06-24

Bell, Paul A.

Elongated-member-driving apparatus

With means to assemble plural pieces of work

128334R, 227DIG1, A61H 1700

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045963517

ABSTRACT:
A surgical stapling apparatus, comprising a thrust case incorporating a lengthwise groove. Said groove accommodates a magazine containing staples, and drivers of the staples, and a wedge interacting with said pushers and seating on a carriage supported in guides running along said staple case. A surface of said wedge interacting with said drivers is curvilinear, with lines tangent to the generatrix thereof and a travelling direction of said wedge located so as to constitute an angle varying gradually from 45 deg to zero between a front part of said wedge and the back part thereof in the direction of the wedge travel during stapling procedure.

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"Shaping of Metal Stitches", Surgical Suturing Apparatus, Edition VII, Vniikhai, Moscow, 1967, pp. 13-18, (w/translation).

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