| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a device for stapling and/or cutting tissue. <P>SOLUTION: A surgical stapler having a selectively bendable end effector is provided. A staple holding jaw of the end effector is coupled to another jaw for grasping tissue to be stapled. The stapler can be adapted to drive staples into tissue having a pattern conforming with the selected shape of the end effector. In particular, the end effector can be adapted to drive staples in a linear pattern when the end effector orients staples in a substantially linear configuration. The end effector can also be adapted to drive staples in a nonlinear pattern when the end effector orients staples in a nonlinear configuration. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
