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Appliance for storing, distributing and placing surgical fasteners

  • US 7,833,234 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2005
  • Issued: 11/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An assembly comprising at least one couched I-shaped surgical fastener (A) and an appliance (1) for storing, distributing and placing such fasteners, comprising:

  • a handgrip body (B) equipped with at least one control means (8, 10) and an elongate element (C) attached and fixed to the handgrip (4), in which appliance the elongate element (C) is made up of a body (20) of tubular overall shape containing;

    a magazine slide (22) movable through the elongate element (C) and being configured and dimensioned to retain the at least one surgical fastener (A), each surgical fastener (A) including an anchoring bar (2), a catching bar (3) and a connecting strip (4), said magazine slide (22) being movable through the elongate element (C) by a control rod (24) which can be actuated by the control means (8, 10) of the handgrip (6), the magazine slide (22) being secured to a slotted and longitudinal hollow ejection barrel (50) projecting from the distal end of said magazine slide (22) and able to project from the elongate element (C), and,the tubular body (20) including means (23, 41) for distributing the stored fasteners (A) one by one via transfer of the anchoring bar (2) into a receiving seat (55) formed in the magazine slide (22), wherein an ejection plunger (42) is operatively connected to the control means (8, 10) of the handgrip (6) and positioned in alignment with the ejection barrel (50) so as to push the anchoring bar (2) of the fastener into the ejection barrel, characterized in that;

    the anchoring bar includes a cylindrical portion and a conical portion extending distally from a distal end of the cylindrical portion, the conical portion including a distal tip having a hemispherical shape,the surface of the distal end of the ejection barrel (50) is arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular body (20).

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