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Surgical stapling apparatus

  • US 4,596,351 A
  • Filed: 08/17/1984
  • Issued: 06/24/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical stapling apparatus, comprising:

  • a thrust case;

    a staple case;

    a lengthwise groove formed by side walls of said staple case;

    a magazine containing staples and staple drivers and seating in said lengthwise groove;

    said thrust case incorporating an anvil serving as a thrust receiver of said staples ejected from said magazine and for bending the staples at the free ends thereof;

    a wedge serving for interaction with said drivers of said staples in said magazine and disposed in said lengthwise groove;

    guides located along said staple case;

    a carriage disposed in said guides;

    said wedge attached to said carriage;

    said wedge incorporating a surface interacting with said staples of said magazine and shaped curvilinearly whereby lines tangent to the generatrix thereof and a travelling direction of said wedge form an angle varying gradually from 45 deg to zero between the front part thereof and the back part thereof in the wedge travelling direction during the stapling procedure;

    a sectional hinge joint;

    a detent;

    said sectional hinge joint and said detent serving for interconnecting said thrust case and said staple case; and

    a suture clearance adjustment device.

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