| 摘要 |
<p>A manually powered surgical stapling instrument (10) for applying sterilized staples to the disunited skin or fascia of a patient for effecting a joining of the skin or fascia. The instrument is adapted to associate with a staple carrying cartridge (26) having an anvil at one end thereof and adapted to house a plurality of staples therein. A pusher element (27) slidably mounted in the cartridge is provided for advancing the staples in the cartridge, for ejecting the staples from the cartridge and for forming the staples around the anvil. The surgical stapling instrument (10) comprises a main body portion (14) adapted for mounting the staple carrying cartridge (26), a thrust bar (30) mounted to reciprocate in the main body portion (14) for driving the pusher element (27) forward to advance, eject and form the staples, a handle arrangement (18) for receiving a manually applied force, and a linkage arrangement for directly transmitting the manually applied force to the thrust bar to advance the thrust bar and thereby advance, eject and form the staples. </p> |
