Skin stapler

摘要

The prior art discloses a surgical stapler having an anvil surface terminating in a flange, a staple feed track movably containing a plurality of staples and a staple forming track movably containing a forming blade. The improved stapler of this invention discloses the nondistal portion of the feed track being substantially parallel to the forming track. Further, the distal portion of the feed track is in substantial alignment with the distal portion of the forming track. Also the distal ends of the tracks are open in the same direction. Finally, the distal end of the feed track is between the anvil flange and the distal end of the forming track.