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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1987
Abstract
A surgical instrument for placing linear staple sutures comprises a body having a closed rectangular frame, each of the lateral sides of said frame being provided with a slot which is located on the inner surface of said laterial side close to the adjacent side of said frame, the axis of said slot being parallel to each of said lateral sides; a die provided with a plurality of recessess and secured on the adjacent side of the frame, the extreme recesses of said die being arranged inside the slots on the frame lateral sides; a staple head accommodated in the body; a detachable staple magazine having a plurality of staple slots and adapted to be so positioned that its portions provided with extreme staple slots should engage the slots in the lateral sides of the frame; a staple ejector, and actuators of the staple head and of the staple ejector, respectively.