Pressure sensitive and working gap controlled medical stapling device
CA 1182710 A · Owner: Senco Products, Inc. · Inventors: Becht, Carl T.
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A surgical stapling instrument for suturing tissues or organs. The instrument is of the type having a fixed anvil jaw, a movable staple cartridge-carrying jaw shiftable toward and away from the anvil Jaw and a staple, driver actuator shiftable to actuate the staple driver of the staple cartridge to implant the staples of the cartridge in the tissue or organ located between the anvil jaw and the staple cartridge-carrying jaw. The instrument is provided with a clutch to control the gap between the fixed anvil jaw and the staple cartridge in response to the pressure being applied to the organ or tissue therebetween to preclude over-compression or under-compressIon thereof. The instrument is …
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- Granted February 19, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 19, 2002.
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