Pneumatic surgical instrument for the distribution and placement of connecting or fastening means

A pneumatic surgical instrument for distribution and placement of connectors or fasteners, the instrument comprising:

• a) a handle body integral with an attachment piece;
• b) an interchangeable terminal element joined and fixed to the attachment piece in a removable manner;
• c) said interchangeable terminal element forming a magazine for the connectors or fasteners;
• d) the terminal element also containing a distributor that can individually distribute the connectors or fasteners;
• e) a means for placement of each connector or fastener;
• f) the body of the handle, being substantially perpendicular to an axis of its attachment piece, and containing a pressurized gas reservoir;
• g) a pneumatic thrustor with single action and a spring return for activating the distributor and the placement means;
• h) a pneumatic circuit extending from the reservoir to the thrustor;
• i) a pneumatic distributor arranged on the pneumatic circuit;
• j) a push-button to activate the distributor, wherein said push-button protrudes from the handle body on the same side of the handle body as the attachment piece;
• k) wherein the handle body constitutes a first of two branches of a T, and wherein a second branch of the T is formed by the attachment piece which is continued by the interchangeable element;
• l) indentations included on the handle body, the indentations being provided to position fingers of a hand, said indentations being arranged along the handle body on either side of the attachment piece;
• m) one of the indentations being an index finger indentation, for positioning an index finger;
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• n) the index finger indentation being equipped with a bore having the push-button protruding through the bore to activate the pneumatic distributor.