Apparatus for applying two-part surgical fasteners
CA 1235624 A · Owner: United States Surgical Corporation · Inventors: Green, David T.
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Apparatus for simultaneously driving a plurality of surgical fasteners from a fastener-holding assembly each fastener including a longitudinal base substantially parallel to the surface of the tissue to be fastened and two prongs substantially perpendicular to the surface of the tissue to be fastened, and each prong being attached to the base adjacent a respective one of the ends of the base. The apparatus has fastener pushers in the fastenerholding assembly and each substantially perpendicular to the surface of the tissue to be fastened. Each pusher acts on the base of a respective one of the fasteners to drive the associated fastener from the fastener-holding assembly. Adjacent pushers …
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- Granted April 26, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 26, 2005.
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