Surgical fasteners, applicator instruments, and methods for deploying surgical fasteners

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8579920
APP PUB NO 20100292712A1
SERIAL NO

12464151

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An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, an elongated shaft extending from the housing, a firing rod disposed inside the elongated shaft and being movable within a first plane between a retracted position and an extended position, an advancer disposed inside the elongated shaft and being moveable within a second plane between a retracted position and an extended position, and a staging assembly located adjacent the distal end of the elongated shaft and being adapted to align surgical fasteners with a distal end of the firing rod. The staging assembly is held below the second plane by the advancer when the advancer is in the extended position and the staging assembly is adapted to move into at least partial alignment with the distal end of the firing rod when the advancer is in the retracted position.

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  • ETHICON, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cardinale, Michael Manalapan, US 55 2640
Cohn, Simon Rutherford, US 87 5456
Daniel, Matthew David Lebanon, US 7 1352
Fuchs, Richard P Cincinnati, US 20 6839
Griffin, Carl Edward Hartwell, US 2 125
Jarrett, Jeremy David Cincinnati, US 17 1623
Nering, Robert Stockton, US 38 2414
Thornton, Race Eric Sugar Hill, US 2 125

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