Anvil and driver assembly for a surgical skin stapling instrument
CA 1283830 C · Owner: Ethicon, Inc. · Inventors: Murray, Michael A.; Brinkerhoff, Ronald J.
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An anvil and driver assembly for a surgical skin stapling instrument producing formed and implanted skin staples of more consistant and perfect configuration. The anvil provides an anvil surface which supports the crown of the staple during the forming operation. The driver has an inverted U-shaped notch formed therein which defines parallel side edges to bend the staple legs about the anvil and a transverse edge joining the side edges and adapted to contact the crown of the staple near the end of the forming operation. In the anvil and driver assembly of the present invention the clearance, between the parallel bending edges of the driver and the adjacent anvil edges is greater than the …
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- Granted May 7, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 7, 2008.
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