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5697542 Endoscopic surgical stapler with compact profile  
A surgical stapler having an end effector with a reduced stacking height for its components to decrease the diameter of a trocar cannula or other access device during minimally invasive surgery is...
5692668 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument for performing endoscopic surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the instrument includes a knife that remains unexposed until initiation of a cutting sequence, and returns to...
5685474 Tactile indicator for surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument having a tactile and audible firing indicator is disclosed. The instrument has preferred features which include a tactile and audible indicator disposed in the handle housing...
5680982 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument for performing endoscopic surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the instrument includes a knife that remains unexposed until initiation of a cutting sequence, and returns to...
5680981 Self-contained powered surgical apparatus  
A self-contained powered surgical stapling apparatus is provided which includes an elongate body, a fastener applying assembly including an anvil for forming a surgical fastener driven...
5673841 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument for performing endoscopic surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the instrument includes a knife that remains unexposed until initiation of a cutting sequence, and returns to...
5673840 Surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument for performing endoscopic surgical procedures. In one embodiment, the instrument includes a knife that remains unexposed until initiation of a cutting sequence, and returns to...
5667517 Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means  
An endoscopic surgical system which includes an instrument for carrying out a step in the procedure. The instrument is power operated by a supply source, and there is contained a mechanism used to...
5662662 Surgical instrument and method  
Various mechanisms, and a method of operating them, are provided for use in a surgical instrument. A shaft and an engaged lost motion operating knob are provided for rotation relative to a handle...
5662258 Surgical stapler instrument  
A surgical stapler instrument is provided for applying lateral lines of staples to tissue while cutting the tissue between those staple lines. The instrument includes a handle portion, an implement...
5653721 Override mechanism for an actuator on a surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument which has override protection when excessively thick tissue is attempted to be clamped between opposed jaws of an end effector is disclosed. The instrument includes a frame, a...
5653373 Arcuate apparatus for applying two-part surgical fasteners  
Apparatus is disclosed for applying surgical fasteners to body tissue along an arcuate path. Each surgical fastener may be in the form of a two-part fastener having a pronged fastener portion for...
5651491 Surgical stapler having interchangeable loading units  
A surgical stapler is disclosed which includes a first body portion supporting an anvil which defines a fastener forming surface and a second body portion configured to releasably mate with the...
5641111 Surgical stapling instrument with anvil cutting guide  
An anvil for a surgical fastener assembly is disclosed. The anvil has a staple-forming surface upon which a plurality of pockets are displayed for staple formation. First and second sidewalls...
5639008 Anvil for circular stapler  
An anvil assembly for a surgical fastening instrument is disclosed. The anvil is constructed to pivot relative to an anvil shaft to facilitate movement of the anvil and instrument during use. The...
5630539 Laparoscopic stapler with overload sensor and interlock  
A surgical stapler with an overload sensor and lockout is disclosed. The surgical stapler is particularly useful in laparoscopic surgical procedures.
5628446 Self-contained powered surgical apparatus  
A self-contained powered surgical apparatus is provided which includes an elongate body defining a longitudinal axis and housing a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed within a feed track, an...
5626587 Method for operating a surgical instrument  
Various mechanisms, and a method of operating them, are provided for use in a surgical instrument. A shaft and an engaged lost motion operating knob are provided for rotation relative to a handle...
5624452 Hemostatic surgical cutting or stapling instrument  
A hemostatic surgical instrument is provided for coagulation, cauterization and/or welding of tissue especially in the performance of endoscopic procedures. The instrument compresses the tissue...
5607094 Surgical stapling instrument with articulated stapling head assembly on rotatable and flexible support shaft  
An improved surgical instrument is provided for applying surgical fasteners, such as staples, to human tissue which is particularly suited for applying one or more rows of fasteners across a tissue...
5601224 Surgical instrument  
Various mechanisms are provided for use in a surgical instrument. A shaft and an engaged lost motion operating knob are provided for rotation relative to a handle portion. A latch system prevents...
5588579 Anvil for circular stapler  
An anvil assembly for a surgical fastening instrument is disclosed. The anvil is constructed to pivot relative to an anvil shaft to facilitate movement of the anvil and instrument during use. The...
5577654 Surgical instrument  
Various mechanisms are provided for use in a surgical instrument. A shaft and an engaged lost motion operating knob are provided for rotation relative to a handle portion. A latch system prevents...
5575803 Soft tissue stapling buttress  
A prosthetic article for surgical implantation within the body of a host in a surgical stapling procedure comprises a strip of host-tissue-compatible animal tissue material that is initially...
5575799 Articulating surgical apparatus  
An apparatus for use in minimally invasive surgery includes a articulating segmented endoscopic portion wherein the segments are connected by an angled rotary interface. Rotation of the distal...
5573543 Endoscopic surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures  
A surgical staple for securing a purse string suture to human tissue comprises a staple body of deformable material formed into a loop through which the purse string suture is threaded. The staple...
5564615 Surgical instrument  
Various mechanisms are provided for use in a surgical instrument. A shaft and an engaged lost motion operating knob are provided for rotation relative to a handle portion. A latch system prevents...
5562682 Surgical Instrument with adjustable arms  
A surgical instrument for endoscopic surgery is provided which is capable of articulation in the endoscopic arm portion of the instrument to supply the surgeon with improved adjustability in the...
5562241 Surgical stapler instrument  
A surgical stapler instrument is provided for applying lateral lines of staples to tissue while cutting the tissue between those staple lines. The instrument includes a handle portion, an implement...
5560532 Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to body tissue  
Apparatus is disclosed for applying at least one surgical fastener to body tissue, having a frame and a tubular member connected to the frame and extending distally therefrom. The tubular member...
5558266 Apparatus for applying surgical fasteners  
A surgical stapling or fastening instrument for applying surgical fasteners to tissue having an adjustable closure mechanism to linearly approximate the distance between the jaw members of the...
5549628 Soft tissue stapling buttress  
To reinforce a line of surgical staples in host tissue, a strip of xenogeneic or autogenic tissue, such as cross-linked pericardium or dura mater harvested from horses, cows, pigs, sheep and...
5544802 Surgical staple and stapler device therefor  
A surgical staple has a base having first and second base segments defining in an un-deformed state a substantially V-shaped configuration having an apex, each base segment having a first end and a...
5535934 Identification device for surgical instrument  
A device is provided for identifying certain characteristics of an end piece or end effector of a surgical instrument. A preferred embodiment provides a surgical stapling instrument having an...
5531744 Alternative current pathways for bipolar surgical cutting tool  
A bipolar electrosurgical tool comprises a retractable cutting element movable along a cutting path and an electrical energy supply source which communicates electrical energy (e.g., radio...
5529235 Identification device for surgical instrument  
A device is provided for identifying certain characteristics of an end piece or end effector of a surgical instrument. A preferred embodiment provides a surgical stapling instrument having an...
5527318 Surgical clip advancing system  
A clip advancing system is provided which includes a pusher bar having a nose with two transverse members, each transverse member including a distally facing clip contacting surface and an angular...
5522534 Anvil for surgical stapler  
An anvil assembly for use with a circular surgical stapling device having a housing and venting means, in the form of vent holes, for venting the interior of the anvil assembly. The housing...
5520700 Stapler device particularly useful in medical suturing  
A stapler device includes a manually grippable handle containing a drive and a trigger to activate the drive mechanism, a barrel fixed to the handle, a guide for holding a staple to be ejected and...
5518163 Endoscopic surgical system with sensing means  
An endoscopic surgical system which includes an instrument for carrying out a step in the procedure. The instrument is power operated and the system includes sensing elements to control the...
5505363 Surgical staples with plated anvils  
The present invention relates to anvils for surgical fastener applicators having a fastener forming surface for forming surgical fasteners, an intermediate surface formed of a metallic alloy...
5497933 Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to attach an object to body tissue  
An apparatus is disclosed for endoscopic application of surgical staples to body tissue in laparoscopic hernia surgery, preferably with surgical mesh. The apparatus includes a staple storage...
5490856 Purse string stapler  
An improved surgical stapler for applying a suture to a tissue is provided. The surgical stapler includes handles and a stapling assembly for emplacing a suture and staples into tissue as a purse...
5487499 Surgical apparatus for applying surgical fasteners including a counter  
A self contained gas powered endoscopic surgical apparatus is provided for placing lateral lines of surgical fasteners into body tissue. The apparatus includes an anvil member and a surgical...
5484451 Endoscopic surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures  
A surgical staple for securing a purse string suture to human tissue comprises a staple body of deformable material formed into a loop through which the purse string suture is threaded. The staple...
5484095 Apparatus for endoscopically applying staples individually to body tissue  
An apparatus is disclosed for endoscopic application of surgical staples for fastening body tissue, especially vascular tissue. The apparatus includes a frame and an elongated endoscopic section...
5480089 Surgical stapler apparatus with improved staple pockets  
An apparatus is disclosed for driving one or more U-shaped surgical staples through body tissue and against an anvil to deflect, crimp, or clinch the ends of the staple legs and thereby secure the...
5474223 Surgical fastener applying apparatus  
A surgical apparatus for applying staples or fasteners to tissue to form a circular anastomosis having an adjustable closure mechanism to rapidly approximate the distance between the anvil member...
5470007 Laparoscopic stapler with overload sensor and interlock  
A surgical stapler with an overload sensor and lockout is disclosed. The surgical stapler is particularly useful in laparoscopic surgical procedures.
5467911 Surgical device for stapling and fastening body tissues  
Disclosed herein is a surgical device for applying surgical fasteners to body tissues in order to fasten the body tissues together. The device comprises an operation section having a housing having...
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