Anvil attachment for a surgical stapling instrument
CA 1099451 A · Owner: Senco Products, Inc. · Inventors: Rothfuss, Robert G.; Hueil, Joseph C.; Boothby, Terry A.
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An anvil attachment for the nose portion of a surgical stapling instrument of the type utilizing a replaceable cartridge of surgical staples. The anvil attachment is generally "L-shaped". A first leg of the anvil attachment is adapted to lie along and be affixed to the nose portion of the surgical instrument with the second leg of the anvil attachment extending laterally of the surgical instrument nose portion. Near the juncture of the first and second anvil attachment legs the second, anvil attachment leg is provided on its upper surface with an upstanding wedge-shaped lug which, in cooperation with an adjacent relief on the first anvil attachment leg engages, and maintains the lower end …
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- Granted April 21, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 21, 1998.
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