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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4979954 | Staple suturing method A tissue suturing method involves C-shaped suturing staples (16) embedded in a cartridge (14) formed of a carrier (18) and opposite cartridge jaws (20 and 22). The opposite cartridge jaws are moved linearly along a track in the carrier to bend the C-shape... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4955898 | Surgical staple A surgical staple has a base portion and a pair of leg portions respectively extending angularly from the opposite ends of the base portion. Each leg portion has at its distal end portion a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface extending fr... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4944443 | Surgical suturing instrument and method A surgical instrument for suturing a hernial opening in internal body tissues of a patient comprises an elongate staple cartridge rotatably mounted to an elongate frame at a distal end thereof and an elongate staple forming plate movably mounted to the fr... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4941623 | Stapling process and device for use on the mesentery of the abdomen The process, stapler and stapler cartridge described herein comprise those suitable for stapling a patient's mesentery and omentum with two, three or four rows of staples, the rows being substantially parallel to each other, the staples in all the rows ha... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4887601 | Adjustable surgical staple and method of using the same An adjustable surgical staple for use in joining together two pieces of human or animal tissue. The staple has a spine and two legs, with the spine being slotted along its length so as to divide the spine into two separate cross members. Bending the cross... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4874122 | Bent back box staple and staple closing mechanism with split actuator An unused open wire skin staple having a generally U-shaped central portion and outer portions terminating in sharp points that can be closed to a rectangular shape by straightening the central portion. The staple can be closed between an anvil having spa... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4802478 | Medical staple and removal method A method for bending a staple closed in living tissue so that its pointed ends pierce the tissue, and for subsequently opening the staple by bending the central portion of the staple to generally a U-shape so that the staple end portions retract from the ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4696300 | Fastener for joining materials A fastener comprises a filament having two opposing heads. The heads have two ends defining non-parallel planes, forming acute angles which share a common ray. The fastener is installed by being driven through two needles having slotted bores.... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4687098 | Staple cassette The present invention provides a staple cassette including a relatively elongated body having a hollow portion extending throughout the length of the body and having a pair of staple driving apertures formed in the body adjacent to its forward end and ali... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4671445 | Flexible surgical stapler assembly A flexible surgical stapler assembly includes a staple firing head assembly and a handle actuator assembly connected to the staple firing head assembly through a flexible spine. The staple firing head assembly includes an anvil assembly defining an anvil ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4669647 | Surgical stapler A surgical stapler having a pivotable trigger in a housing and a cartridge of surgical staples, has a moving anvil which receives one staple at a time in its open configuration. A forming blade moves to engage and capture the staple between the forming bl... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4664305 | Surgical stapler A skin stapler having a plurality of staples comprising a frame structure, with a nose section for directing the staple at a wound site, including a housing therein having an anvil, a staple ejector, a driver for deforming the staple about the anvil, and ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4655222 | Coated surgical staple Sterile surgical staples for use with a stapling instrument with the surface of the staple coated with a low molecular weight fluorocarbon polymer.... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4635637 | Surgical suture A surgical suture and a delivery system for positioning and inserting the suture is disclosed. The suture includes a base member having two substantially parallel, rigid, barbed shafts upstanding therefrom. The delivery system includes a hollow sleeve mem... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4610251 | Surgical staple A surgical staple for use in joining the opposed edges of an incision in the skin of a patient, in which the staple includes an elongated straight bridge portion, a pair of anchor prongs projecting in the same direction from the opposite ends of the bridg... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4607638 | Surgical staples Surgical staples having improved configurations providing significant advantages such as parallel stacking, square bending, easier skin penetration due to sharp point, and others.... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4592346 | Orthopedic staple The staple comprises a top having four downwardly depending legs adjacent to its four corners. Two of the downwardly depending legs on the same side of the top are spaced inwardly from the corners relative to the remaining two legs so as to be transversel... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4526174 | Staple and cartridge for use in a tissue stapling device and a tissue closing method A cartridge and method used for joining living tissue such as fascia. A staple in the cartridge having pointed arcuate end portions flanking a central portion is bent to provide a generally oval shape for the central portion and adjacent parts of the clos... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4523591 | Polymers for injection molding of absorbable surgical devices Absorbable, substantially amorphous surgical fasteners having good in vivo strength-retaining and absorption characteristics may be made of copolymers of lactide and glycolide made from 70-85% m lactide and 15-30% m glycolide provided the inherent viscosi... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4505273 | Surgical staple A surgical staple is disclosed comprising an arcuate central region which can be flattened by a stapling tool. Straight legs extend obliquely upwardly from the central region to which are connected downwardly extending side portions. The side portions are... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4489875 | Self-centering surgical staple and stapler for applying the same An improved, self-centering surgical staple is disclosed. Engaging members are located on the base portion of the staple. During forming (bending) of the staple on the anvil, the engaging members engage the forming mechanisms (i.e., the shoulders of the a... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4485816 | Shape-memory surgical staple apparatus and method for use in surgical suturing The staples are made of a material having the intrinsic property of shape memory, such that heating the material above a certain temperature known as the transition temperature causes any deformation introduced at temperatures below the transition tempera... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4467805 | Skin closure stapling device for surgical procedures A skin opening and closure device for surgical procedures incorporates elongated flexible locking strips having elongated locking ridge means formed thereon which are adapted to be placed in interlocking assembly and capable of being separated and relocke... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4454875 | Osteal medical staple An osteal medical staple of unique configuration having a cross-bar portion defining gripping surfaces by which the staple may be securely and rigidly held by a driver tool or the like, wherein the staple has depending leg portions flaring outwardly a pre... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4444927 | Sucrose and/or lactose nucleating agents for the crystallization of polydioxanone Sucrose and/or lactose is employed as a nucleating agent in polydioxanone polymer in the preparation of absorbable shaped articles made from polydioxanone.... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4434796 | Surgical staple, a method of and forceps for its removal The staple has two legs interconnected through a web. Each of the legs carries a rod having a pointed bottom end and a head. The head has a slot for the web to pass. A through hole or passage is made in the rod, which is open at the slot in the head and a... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4428376 | Plastic surgical staple A one-piece, self-locking, molded plastic staple useful as a tissue fixation device in surgical procedures. The staple has opposed, pointed, L-shaped legs hinged to a horizontal bridging member having expanding cam surfaces on each end. Each leg has an ex... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4429080 | Synthetic copolymer surgical articles and method of manufacturing the same A triblock copolymer having a proportion of units having the formula: ##STR1## as the end blocks, and the formula (I) randomly combined with a proportion of units having the formula: ##STR2## as the middle block finds particular advantageous use... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4396139 | Surgical stapling system, apparatus and staple A surgical stapling system, apparatus and staple wherein a resilient staple has a relaxed closed configuration, is expanded into an open crescent shape, and finally is allowed to return to its closed configuration while simultaneously piercing and drawing... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4391401 | Surgical staplers and staple The specification discloses a forming die or ram movable along a guideway or track by a pair of toggle-joint linkages to move from a column of staples a staple having a downwardly bowed central portion into engagement with an anvil, then bend outer portio... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4375866 | Skin clip applier A skin clip applier for placing skin clips to close a wound comprises a handle assembly including an actuating element and a cartridge assembly adapted to be affixed to said handle assembly and including skin clip-deforming jaw elements which are actuated... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4321002 | Medical stapling device A medical stapling device in which open staples are moved along a track between two grooved rails by a drive member having spaced lugs. Upon activation of the device, the lugs are moved into engagement with the staples and advance them along the track so ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4278091 | Soft tissue retainer for use with bone implants, especially bone staples A novel combination of a bone implant, e.g. a bone staple, and a tissue retention element in sliding relation therewith is disclosed. The tissue retention element is provided with a multiplicity of teeth capable of piercing and holding in place adjacent s... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4275813 | Coherent surgical staple array A coherent surgical-staple stack comprising a plurality of staples, bonded together in a parallel contiguous relationship by a biodegradable, absorbable plastic.... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4263903 | Medical staple means The head or bridge portion of an otherwise standard medical staple is provided with an elongated groove in each transverse side thereof. The jaw members of a medical staple holder are provided with elongated ridges for extending into the grooves in the st... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4261244 | Surgical staple A surgical staple for use in suturing the skin or fascia of a patient. The surgical staple has an elongated, substantially horizontal crown portion terminating in downwardly depending leg portions having points formed at their free ends. The staple, toget... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4014492 | Surgical staple A surgical staple for use in joining the skin or fascia of a patient. The staple is adapted to be formed about an anvil during emplacement. The staple has points formed by diagonal cuts across the ends, and its configuration prior to emplacement is such, ... | 03/29/1977 |
