SURGICAL STAPLER

摘要

An improved anvil for crimping or clinching generally U-shaped surgical staples in a surgical stapler includes a main channel transverse to the bases of the staples, the bottom surface of the main channel being the staple crimping or clinching surface and having a plurality of closely spaced grooves or secondary channels transverse to the longitudinal axis of the main channel for allowing staples to be crimped or clinched at substantially any location along the length of the main channel.