Surgical stapler apparatus with flexible shaft
CA 1195580 A · Owner: United States Surgical Corporation · Inventors: Swiggett, Brian E.
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An apparatus for applying surgical fasteners has an applicator mechanism, with an anvil for applying the fasteners to tissue and a shaft connecting the applicator mechanism to an actuator mechanism. The shaft is flexible to bend during insertion into a body channel to conform to the configuration of the body channel and is capable of retaining said configuration during actuation. The shaft transmits a first, relatively small force from said actuator mechanism to the applicator mechanism hydraulically, and comprises a first sleeve within a second sleeve. The actuator mechanism comprising a slide secured to the first sleeve for moving the anvil. Responsive to the first force the applicator …
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- Granted October 22, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 22, 2002.
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