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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:
Feb. 24, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward W Larrabee, Bronxville, NY (US);
Charles M Huck, Pottersville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Howmedica, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
227 19 ; 227 83 ; 227 88 ; 227120 ; 227D / ;
Abstract
A surgical stapler includes a supply of staples which are fed one at a time to the discharge opening where a driver in the stapler housing bends the staple around the anvil, the anvil being retracted within the housing away from the discharge opening as the driver completes the bending operation.