Attachable clamp for surgical stapler
OwnerDino Kasvikisinventor
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Abstract
A surgical fastener applying instrument including a handle portion, an elongated portion, a pair of jaw members and a removable clamp. One of the jaw members contains a plurality of fasteners arranged in at least one row substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated portion. At least one of the jaw members is movable with respect to the other between an open position and an approximated position for engaging body tissue therebetween. The removable clamp has an elongated member and a tissue clamping surface extending substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated member. The clamp is movable from a proximal position to a distal position for engaging body tissue and is releasably mountable to the elongated portion of the instrument.
Claims18
1-19. (canceled)
A surgical fastener applying instrument comprising:
- a handle portion;
- an elongated portion extending distally from the handle portion and having a central longitudinal axis and an outer surface;
- a pair of jaw members disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion, at least one of the jaw members being movable with respect to the other jaw member between an open position and an approximated position for engaging body tissue therebetween, one of the jaw members containing a plurality of fasteners arranged in at least one row substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated portion;
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- a removable clamp having an elongated member and a tissue clamping surface extending substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated member, the clamp movable longitudinally alongside the outer surface of the elongated portion along a path radially offset from the central longitudinal axis from a proximal position to a distal position for engaging body tissue, the clamp removably mountable adjacent the outer surface of the elongated portion.
A surgical fastener applying instrument comprising:
- a handle portion;
- an elongated portion extending distally from the handle portion and having a longitudinal axis;
- a pair of jaw members disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion, at least one of the jaw members being movable with respect to the other jaw member between an open position and an approximated position for engaging body tissue therebetween, one of the jaw members containing a plurality of fasteners arranged in at least one row substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated portion;
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- a removable clamp having an elongated member and a tissue clamping surface extending substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated member, the clamp movable from a proximal position to a distal position for engaging body tissue, the clamp releasably mountable to the elongated portion of the instrument, the clamp movable longitudinally to clamp tissue independent of movement of at least one of the jaw members to engage body tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.