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SURGICAL STAPLER WITH MAGNETICALLY SECURED COMPONENTS

  • US 20090078736A1
  • Filed: 07/25/2005
  • Published: 03/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A surgical stapler comprising:

  • a stapler body having at a distal end thereof a stapler head for ejecting staple blanks through a plurality of staple openings; and

    a separate anvil having staple-forming grooves therein for bending said ejected staple blanks into staples for fastening together tissue layers interposed between said staple head and said anvil;

    wherein said stapler head and said anvil include first and second magnetic members, respectively, at least one of said magnetic members comprising a first magnet, and the other of said magnetic members comprising a second magnet or a non-magnetized magnetically permeable member, said magnetic members being positioned on said stapler head and said anvil for magnetically coupling said anvil to said stapler head through the tissue layers.

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