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 (20) 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 (22) having a surgical fastener dispenser opening (84), and a second member (36) 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 (142) 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.