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US 12,653,530 B2Granted
Staple and driver for tendon stapling apparatus
AssigneeKiriGenX, Inc.
InventorTheodore R. Kucklick
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Abstract
An improved surgical stapling apparatus for inserting a staple into a shoulder tendon or bone to treat a shoulder tendon tear. The surgical stapling apparatus also includes a surgical stapling assembly having a pointed driver having a housing and having a proximal and a distal end and at least one staple having a proximal end and a distal end that is loaded within the driver. The driver drives a staple through an augmentation patch into tendon or bone.
Claims4
A surgical stapling assembly for fixation of an augmentation sheet in tendon tissue repair comprising:
- a driver having an exterior housing, the driver having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the driver includes a trocar piercing tip and a drive anvil longitudinally extending within the housing, wherein the trocar piercing tip extends distally beyond the drive anvil;
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- a staple having a pair of opposing legs with compression flanges projecting from a first end of the staple and a bridging portion between the opposing legs at a second end of the staple, the bridging portion having a “U” shaped inner surface and an outer pointed surface that terminates in a tip, wherein in a loaded configuration, the drive anvil is positioned within the “U” shaped inner surface of the bridging portion of the staple and the opposing legs of the staple extend from the bridging portion around the drive anvil and are adapted for disposition within the tendon tissue;
- wherein the staple further comprises a channel or eyelet between the opposing legs and the channel contains a suture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.