SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A FASTENER DELIVERY MECHANISM

摘要

A delivery device for delivering a plurality of individual surgical fastener s. The delivery device includes a drive mechanism having distal and proximal ends. The drive mechanism has a moving member and a fixed opposing member, where in the moving member is moveable proximally and distally with respect to the delivery device. The moving member has a sharpened distal end for piercing tissue. Th e device includes at least one surgical fastener located between the first and the second members. Each of the at least one surgical fasteners has a proximal and and a distal end. The device also has an actuator having at least two sequential position s. A first position for moving the moving member distally and piercing tissue, and a second position for moving the moving member proximally, thereby deploying the dist al end of the fastener.