Replenishing apparatus for a surgical suturing device for the stomach or the intestines

摘要

In order to facilitate insertion of the suture clips in the receiving elements in a replenishing apparatus for a surgical suturing device for the stomach or the intestines having a receiving element for U-shaped suture clips comprising two legs and a bar connecting these, in which slot-shaped receiving openings for the suture clips are arranged in the form of one or more adjacent rows, and ejection elements which are mounted so as to be displaceable and drivable in the receiving body and which push the suture clips out of the receiving openings against an anvil located opposite the receiving element and at the same time bend the legs of the suture clips into the closed position, it is proposed that the replenishing apparatus comprises a magazine in which the suture clips are held in rows, with the bar at the bottom, corresponding to the distance of the receiving openings, and a push-in element which is mounted on the magazine so as to be displaceable perpendicularly to the bars of the suture clips and carries punches in contact with all suture clips, which punches project from the bottom of the magazine in a lower position of the push-in element to such an extent that they push the suture clips out of the magazine and into the receiving openings when the magazine is placed on the receiving element of the suturing device.