Stapler device particularly useful in medical suturing
US5520700A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/0454
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
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 formed to accommodate a suture thread fixed to the staple, and an ejector driven by the drive through the barrel for ejecting a staple out through the guide into a bone to enable the suture, so anchored to the bone, to be used for various medical operations.
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