Cunningham, Scott,Viola, Frank J.,Sorrentino, Gregory
申请号：
AU2008231109
公开号：
AU2008231109B2
申请日:
2008.03.20
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A surgical device for applying a plurality of surgical staples is provided. Thedevice includes a staple fastening assembly attached to a surgical instrument.The staple fastening assembly includes a pair of cooperating jaws, a jaw operatingmechanism, and a gap sensor. A staple magazine having a plurality of staples andan anvil member having a plurality of staple pockets are attached to the jaws.The staple magazine includes a staple crimping cam and a staple dimpling cam thatare operatively coupled to the surgical instrument. The jaw operating mechanismis operatively connected to a drive assembly in the surgical instrument for movingthe jaws for automatically setting a tissue gap between the cooperating jaws.The gap sensor cooperates with the jaw operating mechanism for controlling stapleformation.
