A SURGICAL STAPLER FOR APPLYING A LARGE STAPLE THROUGH A SMALL DELIVERY PORT
摘要
<p>A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners. The surgical fasteners have a base, and two legs extending away from the base, wherein the legs have distal end segments. The fastener has a first shape wherein the distal end segments bend towards each other so that they are adjacent and form the fastener into a first loop. The fastener has a second shape wherein the distal end segments are spaced apart from each other along substantially an entire length thereof. The fastener also has a third shape wherein the distal end segments bend towards each other in so that they are adjacent and form the fastener into a second loop wherein the second loop having a width greater than a width of the first loop. The applier includes a means for forming the fastener into the second and third shapes.</p>
申请公布号
EP2398401(A2)
申请公布日期
2011.12.28
申请号
EP20100702377
申请日期
2010.01.25
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
HARRIS, JASON, L.;CRAINICH, LAWRENCE;STOKES, MICHAEL, J.