摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. <P>SOLUTION: The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing and having a proximal position and a distal position. When the anvil is at the distal position, a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop, and at least one fastener is placed around the anvil when the anvil is at the distal position. Also, a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The applier further includes a first means for moving the anvil distally during the deployment of the at least one fastener, and a second means for moving the anvil distally during the deployment of the at least one fastener, and the second means is independent of the first means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |