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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G Rothfuss, Bellevue, KY (US);
Federico Bilotti, Madeira, OH (US);
Hector Chow, Cincinnati, OH (US);
J Charles Hueil, Loveland, OH (US);
Narinderjit S Sambi, Batavia, OH (US);
Assignee:
Senmed, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227 19 ; 1283 / ; 227D / ;
Abstract
A disposable linear surgical stapler includes a handle, anvil, staple cartridge and flexible shaft attaching the handle to the cartridge and transmitting a firing force exerted at the handle to the distant cartridge for sequentially implanting, forming and clinching staples in two staggered staple lines. A flexible cable in the flexible shaft pulls a firing wedge across a plurality of staple drivers in the cartridge. The anvil is adjustable to vary the gap between the anvil and staple cartridge.
Published as:
AU3300684A; ZA847107B; EP0140552A2; JPS60100955A; EP0140552A3; BR8404890A; US4610383A; CA1220687A; EP0140552B1; DE3469485D1; AU571577B2;