Devices for dispensing surgical fasteners into tissue while simultaneously generating external marks that mirror the number and location of the dispensed surgical fasteners

摘要

A device dispenses surgical fasteners inside a body and generates marks outside the body indicating where the surgical fasteners have been dispensed inside the body. The device includes a first member having a surgical fastener dispenser opening, and a second member coupled with the first member, the second member having a distal end that opposes the surgical fastener dispenser opening. The device includes a marking assembly secured to the distal end of the second member. The marking assembly is moveable away from and toward the surgical fastener dispenser opening. The marking assembly is adapted for generating marks on an external surface that mirror the location of each surgical fastener dispensed from the surgical fastener dispenser opening. The device may include a clamp for compressing tissue between the marking assembly and the surgical fastener dispenser.

主权项

1. A device for dispensing surgical fasteners inside a body and generating marks outside the body indicating where said surgical fasteners have been dispensed inside the body, said device comprising:
a first member having a surgical fastener dispenser with a surgical fastener dispenser opening at a distal end thereof adapted for dispensing surgical fasteners; a plurality of surgical fasteners loaded in series in said surgical fastener dispenser for being dispensed one at a time from said surgical fastener dispenser opening, wherein said surgical fastener dispenser includes a surgical fastener advancer that urges said surgical fasteners distally toward said surgical fastener dispenser opening; a second member coupled with said first member, said second member having a distal end that opposes said surgical fastener dispenser opening; a marking assembly secured to the distal end of said second member, wherein said marking assembly is moveable away from and toward said surgical fastener dispenser opening, and wherein said marking assembly is adapted for generating marks on an external surface that mirror the location of each said surgical fastener dispensed from said surgical fastener dispenser opening at the distal end of said first member.