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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Michael Cardinale, Morristown, NJ (US);
Doug Souls, Andover, NJ (US);
Anthony Miksza, Nazareth, PA (US);
Aaron J. Brickner, Fostoria, OH (US);
Jared Schneider, Cranston, RI (US);
Todd Sack, Philadelphia, PA (US);
David R. Schiff, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Erin Elizabeth Wenig, High Point, NC (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, a firing system disposed in the housing, an actuator coupled with the housing for activating the firing system, an elongated shaft extending from the housing, the elongated shaft having a proximal end secured to the housing, a distal end, and a first axis extending between the proximal and distal ends, one or more surgical fasteners disposed in the elongated shaft, and a distal end cap secured to the distal end of the elongated shaft. The distal end cap has a surgical fastener dispensing window for dispensing the one or more surgical fasteners from the distal end cap. The firing system includes a firing rod that extends through the elongated shaft for dispensing the one or more surgical fasteners from the distal end cap. The firing rod has a proximal section that moves along the first axis of the elongated shaft and a distal section that moves along a second axis that defines an angle with the first axis.