Patent · US Expired

Semi-disposable surgical stapler

US5188274A · kind A · utility

391Cited by

6References

10Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Manssour H. Moeinzadeh · Champaign, US
Lawrence M. Kaplan · Hialeah, US
Jeffrey A. Gurosh · Dolton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 1992
Grant date	Feb 23, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/07207
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semi-disposable surgical stapling instrument providing for the replacement of staple cartridges, as needed, in the course of an operation, and for the optional provision of a knife to cut tissue between staple rows. Propulsion of the stapling unit may be powered and controlled from the back of the instrument by either hand, as desired, during a surgical procedure with minimal generation of frictional or distoring forces. Economic materials of construction may be employed.

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