In-situ loaded stapler

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9364217
APP PUB NO 20140103092A1
SERIAL NO

13652569

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In one aspect of the present disclosure a surgical stapling apparatus is disclosed including a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes at least one cartridge having a first half and a second half, a first row of retention slots disposed in the first half, a second row of retention slots disposed in the second half, a third row of retention slots being alternately disposed in the first half and the second half of the at least one cartridge between the first and second rows of staple receiving slots, a plurality of fasteners disposed in the retention slots of the first, second and third rows, and a plurality of pushers disposed in each of the first and second halves of the cartridge.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aranyi, Ernest Easton, US 122 64899
Kostrzewski, Stanislaw Newtown, US 167 54841
Scirica, Paul Huntington, US 91 28993

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