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7287682 Surgical device and method  
A surgical device 20 for attaching staples 40 to a portion of a body comprising an anvil 23 ; a smart memory material (SMM) 50, 75 capable of going from one physical state to another...
7147138 Surgical stapling instrument having an electroactive polymer actuated buttress deployment mechanism  
A surgical instrument for being endoscopically or laparoscopically inserted to a surgical site for simultaneous stapling and severing of tissue includes electrically actuated deployment of buttress...
7143926 Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multi-stroke firing mechanism with return spring rotary manual retraction system  
A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic procedures incorporates a handle that produces separate closing and firing motions to actuate an end effector. In...
7097089 Surgical stapling apparatus with locking mechanism  
The present disclosure provides for a loading unit for use with and/or supportable on a distal end of a surgical stapling apparatus. The loading unit includes a housing portion including a distal...
6533157 Tissue stapling attachment for use with an electromechanical driver device  
A stapler attachment for use with an electromechanical device driver comprises a staple holding member which is spring mounted to a staple closing member, which is, in turn, mounted to a threaded...
6457625 Device for installing a tissue fastener  
The device of the present invention is designed for repairing a tear in soft and/or tough tissue of a patient, such as a tear in the meniscus of the knee. The device has a conduit, such as a...
5915615 Tissue fastening device  
A manually operated fastener driving device including first and second arm assemblies, each of the arm assemblies having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the proximal portion of the first...
5908149 Skin stapler with multi-directional release mechanism  
An improved surgical stapler which allows for the multi-directional release of staples includes a stapler body and a driver contained therein. A magazine is connected to the stapler body and...
5833695 Surgical stapling system and method of applying staples from multiple staple cartridges  
A surgical stapling system includes a staple cartridge having a pair of generally coextensive cartridge bodies adapted to fit within opposed jaws of a stapling instrument and one or more staples...
5829662 Endoscopic surgical stapling instrument with pivotable and rotatable staple cartridge  
A surgical stapler is provided which is insertable through an endoscopic tube to enable a surgeon to staple a hernia patch to tissue inside a body cavity. The endoscopic surgical stapler includes a...
5797536 Endoscopic surgical instrument with pivotable and rotatable staple cartridge  
A surgical instrument is provided which is insertable through an endoscopic tube to enable a surgeon to perform a surgical technique inside a body cavity. The surgical instrument includes a shaft...
5702048 Device for microanatomosis of blood vessels  
A device for microanastomosis of blood vessels has a housing (1) provided with a gripper (3) for grasping and crimping staples (4, 5), housing (1) enclosing a mechanism for crimping staples (4, 5)...
5573541 Apparatus and method for subcuticular stapling of body tissue  
A surgical apparatus for attaching two portions of cutaneous body tissue includes a pair of opposed elongated members having jaws which have tissue gripping members thereon at one end and which are...
5573169 Apparatus for applying two-part surgical fasteners in laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures  
Apparatus is disclosed for applying two-part surgical fasteners during endoscopic or laparoscopic procedures. The apparatus includes a handle portion, an elongated endoscopic portion which extends...
5470010 Multiple fire endoscopic stapling mechanism  
A unique hernia repair stapler is described which allows the forming of staples to attach prosthetics to tissue, or to approximate herniated tissue. The staple is useful in endoscopic operations...
5439468 Surgical clip applier  
The rod system consists of an outer guide tube in which there is arranged an inner sliding sleeve, displaceable coaxially to the outer guide tube, in which are located an elongated support rod...
5392978 Surgical staple and endoscopic stapler  
An improved staple for use with an endoscopic stapler has arms which are curved toward each other such that the staple may be crimped so as to cause the arms to move toward each other and thereby...
5370294 Intranasal septal stapling device and method  
A stapling device includes first and second arms, each arm having a distal portion, a central portion and proximal portion; a stapler head rotatably coupled to a free end of the distal portion of...
5364002 Apparatus and method for applying surgical staples to attach an object to body tissue  
An apparatus is disclosed for endoscopic application of surgical staples adapted to attach surgical mesh to body tissue in laparoscopic hernia surgery. The apparatus includes a frame, and a...
5351871 Intranasal septal stapling device  
A stapling device including first and second arms, each arm having a distal portion and a proximal portion; a stapler head rotatably coupled to a free end of the distal portion of the second arm....
5258008 Surgical stapling device and associated method  
A multiple fire surgical stapler comprises an elongate frame and a pair of jaws movably secured to one another at a proximal end and to the frame at a distal end thereof. Each of the jaws includes...
5251801 Surgical stapler  
A hand-held surgical stapler is provided having a reduced distal profile due to a unique feeding means. A combination of features allows the reduced distal profile. The staple storage cover can be...
5181645 Medical stapler  
In a medical stapler, an anvil is disposed in the vicinity of an opening in a casing, and is disposed in a path of movement of a ram. A foremost staple placed on the anvil is shaped through the...
4969591 Surgical stapling system  
A microsurgical stapling system for suturing delicate tissue. The system comprises a staple magazine and a stapler. The magazine has a framework to which a plurality of pre-formed staples are...
RE33362 Bone stapler cartridge  
A bone stapler including a staple cartridge that, when removed from the stapler, insures that no staple can remain in the stapler, and is held in place by a rotatable locking member that in one...
4951860 Method and apparatus for storing, dispensing and applying surgical staples  
A method and apparatus for storing, dispensing, and applying surgical staples includes a pistol-like tool having a handle portion with a manually movable trigger lever, and a rotatable barrel...
4784137 Surgical suturing instrument  
A surgical suturing instrument comprises hinge-joined a staple jaw provided with staple slots, and a supporting jaw provided with depressions for the staple legs to bend, a mechanism for ejecting...
4619262 Surgical stapling device  
A surgical stapling device loaded with staples each having a pair of parallel limbs bridged by a straight crosspiece. In operation, as the limbs are implanted by the device on opposite sides of a...
4493322 Surgical stapling instrument  
A surgical stapling instrument for forming and implanting surgical staples in the tissue of a patient to close a wound or incision therein. The instrument comprises a body. A row of staples is...
2853074 Stapling instrument for surgical purposes  
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