Instrument for ligating bone tissues of ribs and clavicles with metal staples

Claim 1

An instrument for ligating bone tisues of ribs and clavicles with metal staples, comprising an anvil body; a staple driving body rigidly connected to said anvil body; a staple pusher mounted in said staple driving body for reciprocation transversely to said anvil body; a means for driving said staple pusher, comprising a first relatively movable assembly mounted on said anvil body and including a nut and a screw, a cam coupled to said staple pusher and to the screw of said first relatively movable assembly and pivotable about a fixed axle carried by said anvil body to translate the longitudinal motion of the screw relative to said anvil body into transverse motion of said pusher relative to said anvil body; a hook with an anvil for bending the legs of staples, mounted on said staple driving body so that it can move in relation to said staple driving body in order to produce a gap between said hook and an end face of said staple driving body, which gap is intended to accommodate bone tissues to be ligated; a means for driving said hook with said anvil, comprising a second relatively movable assembly mounted on said anvil body and including a nut and a screw, a cam coupled to said hook and to the screw of said second relatively movable assembly and pivotable about a fixed axle carried by said anvil body to translate the longitudinal motion of said screw in relation to said anvil body into transverse motion of said hook with said anvil in relation to said anvil body; and a handle secured to said anvil body.