Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Staple and feeder belt configurations for surgical stapler
- Patent Title (中): 手术吻合器的装订和进给带配置
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Application No.: US13746449Application Date: 2013-01-22
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Publication No.: US09386986B2Publication Date: 2016-07-12
- Inventor: Nathan H. White , Michael P. Schaller , Michael Murillo , Jared L. Van Cleave , Philipe R. Manoux , Bryan D. Knodel , Benjamin J. Matthias , John E. Rivera
- Applicant: Cardica, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Cardica, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cardica, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
- Main IPC: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/064

Abstract:
One exemplary surgical apparatus may include at least one carrier, staples fixed to a corresponding carrier, and a feeder belt to which at least one carrier is frangibly connected. Another exemplary surgical apparatus may include a feeder belt, a first plurality of staples fixed directly to and frangibly separable from the feeder belt; a plurality of extension arms extending at least partially in the lateral direction away from the feeder belt; and a second plurality of staples each fixed to an extension arm at a location spaced laterally apart from the feeder belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130126585A1 STAPLE AND FEEDER BELT CONFIGURATIONS FOR SURGICAL STAPLER Public/Granted day:2013-05-23
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