EP0427949B1
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Apparatus for performing anastomosis
Assignee: Bieffe Medital SA
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Filing: 1990-10-04
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Granted: 1994-06-15
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Expires: 2010-10-04
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for surgical sutures in surgical operations, including A) a distal head part for fulfilling said sutures by a cartridge, staples and hollow punches, B) a control part for the other end and C) a flexible part transmitting to A) the controls and stresses of B) is substantially characterized in that the said head part is detachable, is absent at the moment of the insertion onto the zone to be sutured and is replaced by a protection cap of the end of the flexible pipe B) having the anvil form, the cartridge being mounted in situ after the said head part is located in the said zone to be operated.
Inventors
- 👤 Giuseppe Segato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 12:44
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/11; A61B17/115; A61B17/1155; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00292; A61B2017/003; A61B2017/00305; A61B2017/00314; A61B2017/00318; A61B2017/00323; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B2017/2901; A61B2017/2905
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
An apparatus for applying surgical staples in surgical operations, including: A) at one end a head part for the application of said staples, comprising at least a cartridge (7) with associated staples and hollow punches (10) and an anvil (13); B) at the other end a control part provided with knob (21) and lever (23); and C) a flexible intermediate part for transmitting controls and stresses from B) to A), characterized in that said head part is detachable from the end (17) of the flexible intermediate part which is provided with a removable protective cap (32) having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the head and practically equal to the diameter of said flexible part which is thus taken to the operation zone through the duct to be stappled without said head, where the head is to be reattached for stapling the duct.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the anvil (13) is also detachable from the cartridge (7), is engageable with the flexible intermediate part end freed from the removable cap, and has a distance from the cartridge adjustable according to the thickness of the duct wall.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, caracterized in that the cartridge head works by drawing, its lower fixed part (15) acting as an anvil (13) and its upper downwards drawn mobile part (6) acting as a hammer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that said head fixed part acting as an anvil is provided with a safety ring (14) which is broken by the hollow punch (10) at the closure of the staples (G).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the part C) is formed by a tie rod (18) and by a series of hinges (30) formed by braked articulated joints made of plastic material, that guarantee a flexibility until 90° and keep the configuration assigned thereto until a stress for changig the position thereof is applied.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the hinges are made of polyammide plastics and are covered by sheaths.
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