Surgical staple for insertion into tissue

US5571285A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Hector Chow · Cincinnati, US
• Earl J. Mills · Cincinnati, US
• Federico Bilotti · Madeira, US
• Ronald J. Brinkerhoff · Amelia, US
• Martin Madden · Bourbonnais, US
• Richard L. Grant · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 1992
• Grant date: Nov 5, 1996
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2017/07264
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A new method is shown whereby staples are closed to smaller heights so that virtually total hemostasis is possible. Also, the staple legs in alternate rows in the surgical stapler are made to interlock so that during closure, hemostasis is effected by the interlocking of the staple legs.