Surgical suturing instrument

Details Surgical suturing instrument Surgical suturing instrument

1987-11-16

1988-11-15

Pinkham, Richard C.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

227 19, A61B 1704, B31B 168

Patent

active

047841370

ABSTRACT:
A surgical suturing instrument comprises hinge-joined a staple jaw provided with staple slots, and a supporting jaw provided with depressions for the staple legs to bend, a mechanism for ejecting the staples from the slots, a mechanism for turning the supporting jaw with respect to the staple jaw, and a mechanism for fixing the jaws in the drawn-together position. The supporting jaw is located at the end of the staple jaw so as to rotate, in a hinge-joint, through 180 degrees with respect to the latter.

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patent: 4111206 (1978-09-01), Vishnevsky et al.
patent: 4402444 (1983-09-01), Green
patent: 4573622 (1986-03-01), Green et al.
patent: 4610383 (1986-09-01), Rothfuss et al.
patent: 4648542 (1987-03-01), Fox et al.

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