Surgical stapling instrument and method thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6631837
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09940965

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A stapler for stapling a tubular structure to another structure. The stapler has an anvil which is expandable from a collapsed position to an expanded position. The stapler has a recess which receives at least a portion of the tubular structure and a shoulder which receives an everted end of the tubular structure. A first actuator moves the anvil relative to the shoulder for compressing the structures which are to be stapled together. A second actuator is used for driving the staples through the structures to be stapled together.

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  • HEARTPORT, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Heck, Christopher Francis Palo Alto, CA 4 1972

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