A SURGICAL STAPLER FASTENING DEVICE

World Intellectual Property Organization Patent

APP PUB NO WO-2012103286-A1
SERIAL NO

PCTUS2012022651

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A surgical fastener applier having a handle and a fastener housing extending from the handle. The housing contains at least one anvil movable within the staple housing, the anvil has a proximal position and a distal position. When in the distal position a distal end of the anvil extends distal to the distal end of the staple housing. The housing contains a plurality of surgical fasteners each of which in the shape of a loop. At least one of the fasteners is placed around a portion of the anvil when in the distal position. The applier has a first mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed, and a second mechanism for moving the anvil distally after a fastener has been deployed. The second means is independent of the first means.

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ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INCUS4545 CREEK ROAD CINCINNATI OH 45242 45242

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HARRIS JASON L LEBANON OH
CERIER JEFFREY C FRANKLIN MA
O'KEEFE JONATHAN B NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH MA 02760
BOUDREAU KEITH D NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
ZEINER MARK S MASON OH
HOLCOMB MATTHEW D LEBANON OHIO 45036
STOKES MICHAEL J CINCINNATI OH

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