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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:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Michael P. Whitman, New Hope, PA (US);
Inventor:
Michael P. Whitman, New Hope, PA (US);
Assignee:
Power Medical Interventions, Inc., New Hope, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 17068 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stapling device for use as an attachment to an electromechanical device driver comprises an upper jaw and a lower jaw, the upper jaw having staple guides corresponding to one or more staples in a removable staple tray disposed within a lower jaw, whereby a wedge having a threaded bore travels upon a matching threaded shaft in a channel disposed in the lower jaw behind the staple tray, such that rotation of the threaded shaft causes movement of the wedge through the channel while a sloped surface of the wedge contacts the staples to push the staples against the staples guides, closing the staples.
Published as:
WO0072762A1; AU5460200A; US6315184B1; KR20020027335A; EP1198201A1; US2002084304A1; JP2004500151A; US6843403B2; EP1198201A4; KR100834807B1; EP1198201B1; ATE415868T1; DE60040987D1; PT1198201E; ES2317842T3; JP4310508B2;