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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
David A. Nicholas, Trumbull, CT (US);
Robert C. Smith, Hamden, CT (US);
Scott E. Manzo, Shelton, CT (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for performing an anastomosis includes a housing having proximal and distal ends and a shaft extending from the distal end of the housing. The instrument also includes an actuator attached to the housing and a disposable loading unit configured for selective attachment to the shaft. The disposable loading unit includes a fastener support member configured and dimensioned to support an array of surgical fasteners thereon and a fastener pusher member which is movable through a firing stroke in response to movement of the actuator to deform the surgical fasteners.
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