Surgical fastener applying apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9724095
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13546974

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A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bueno, Richard Roland Madison, US 3 884
Garilkipati, Kiran Andhra Pradesh, IN 1 437
Gupta, Arvind Kumar Uttar-Pradesh, IN 30 4068
Katre, Nikhik R Maharashtra, IN 1 437
Perumal, Sekar Tamilnadu, IN 4 2069
Shelke, Rajesh T Banglore, IN 4 907
Varghese, Cinish P Adimaly, IN 7 1592

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