United States Surgical Corporation

Turi L Josefsen

Daniel Shichman

Boris Zvenyatsky

George J Veth

An apparatus for applying a surgical clip which comprises a staple having a central portion and first and second legs extending from said central portion. A retainer is provided having an opening dimensioned for passage of an end portion of each of said legs when the legs are bent from an open position to a closed position. The apparatus comprises staple forming means in the form of a pair of pivotable members movable from an open position to a closed position when slid into engagement with a camming surface. Staple pusher means engage the central portion of the staple and slides the staple distally into contact with an anvil and with the pivotable members to bend the staple legs to their closed position.

Fascia clip and instrument

A surgical retractor is provided having an elongated tubular structure with a proximal and distal end. A plurality of interleaved retractor blades are pivotally mounted in a distal end of the tubular housing and are movable between a closed position wherein the blades are in stacked relation and an open position wherein the blades are deployed in an interleaved fan configuration. Various structure is provided on the tubular housing to move the blades between an open and closed position.

Surgical retractor

Disclosed are several embodiments of a disposable sample card for testing fluids such as blood and the like. A generally planar card contains a chamber, or well and supports two insulated electrodes which terminate in the region of the well. Various electrode configurations are disclosed, each adapted to associate with an instrument for applying an electric voltage between the two electrodes, and across the sample under study. Also disclosed is an instrument for receiving the specially shaped sample cards.

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New York, NY, United States of America

Turi L Josefsen