COMBINED SEVERING AND STAPLING DEVICE

• US 20120048910A1
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VASCULARVATIONS
• Original Assignee: VASCULARVATIONS
• Inventors: Potsko, Kristina, Welsh, D'Anna M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,820,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 227/175.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00008 Vein tendon strippers tube strippers A61M1/83
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00234 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/068 Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clampsstaplers containing only one staple A61B17/10; magazines or containers for staples A61B17/105; for performing anastomosis A61B17/115; staplers in general B25C5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0682 for applying U-shaped staples or clamps, e.g. without a forming anvil
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0686 having a forming anvil staying below the tissue during stapling
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/072 for applying a row of staples in a single action , e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00969 used for transplantation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/2911 rings

Abstract

An apparatus includes grasping ends movable between an open position to a closed position and a shaft coupled to the grasping ends. The apparatus also includes a handle coupled to the shaft and configured to cause the grasping ends to move from between the open and closed positions and a stapler actuator that causes a stapling mechanism within the grasping ends to deploy one or more staples. The apparatus also includes a blade coupled to the shaft and a blade actuator that causes the blade to translate between extended and detracted positions.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

grasping ends movable between an open position to a closed position;

a shaft coupled to the grasping ends;

a handle coupled to the shaft and configured to cause the grasping ends to move from between the open and closed positions;

a stapler actuator that causes a stapling mechanism within the grasping ends to deploy one or more staples;

a blade coupled to the shaft; and

a blade actuator that causes the blade to translate between extended and detracted positions.