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Automatic stapler for laparoscopic procedure with selective cutter, nontraumatic jaws and suction irrigator

  • US 5,282,807 A
  • Filed: 01/24/1992
  • Issued: 02/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surgical stapler for use in laparoscopic surgery comprising a grip portion, a tip portion and a shaft portion extending between the grip portion and the tip portion, said tip portion including:

  • a staple advancing means and a pair of nontraumatic jaws adapted to close and bend staples;

    said jaws each including a staple channel and a nontraumatic grasping surface adjacent said channels;

    a cutter adaptor to move relative to said jaws to cut tissue held by said jaws;

    said grip portion comprising means to advance said cutter means to activate said staple advancing means and means to independently close said jaws both when a staple is in place and when no staple is in place.

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