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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Matthew David Daniel, Lebanon, OH (US);
Simon Cohn, Rutherford, NJ (US);
Anthony Miksza, Nazareth, PA (US);
Robert Nering, Stockton, NJ (US);
Michael Cardinale, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Richard P. Fuchs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeremy David Jarrett, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Matthew David Daniel, Lebanon, OH (US);
Simon Cohn, Rutherford, NJ (US);
Anthony Miksza, Nazareth, PA (US);
Robert Nering, Stockton, NJ (US);
Michael Cardinale, Manalapan, NJ (US);
Richard P. Fuchs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeremy David Jarrett, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, an elongated shaft extending from the housing, the elongated shaft having a proximal end coupled with the housing and a distal end remote therefrom, and a firing system for dispensing surgical fasteners from the distal end of the elongated shaft. The firing system includes a firing rod disposed in the elongated shaft, the firing system having a firing cycle with a first stage for advancing the firing rod toward the distal end of the elongated shaft at a first rate of speed and a second stage for advancing the firing rod toward the distal end of the elongated shaft at a second rate of speed that is greater than the first rate of speed.