Cartridge for surgical fasteners with integrated lock system
AssigneeVitalitec International, Inc.
InventorArnaud Chancibot
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Abstract
A cartridge for holding surgical fasteners includes a base having a plurality of upstanding walls, adjacent pairs of walls defining spaces for holding surgical fasteners, at least one surgical fastener securing member movably connected to the base and movable relative to the base from an open position wherein fasteners can be loaded into the spaces, and a closed position wherein fasteners in the spaces are covered and held in the spaces, and a locking structure engageable between the base and the surgical fastener securing member for locking the surgical fastener securing member in the closed position.
Claims11
A cartridge for holding surgical fasteners, comprising:
- a base having a plurality of upstanding walls, adjacent pairs of walls defining spaces for holding surgical fasteners;
- at least one surgical fastener securing member movably connected to the base and movable relative to the base from an open position wherein fasteners can be loaded into the spaces, and a closed position wherein fasteners in the spaces are covered and held in the spaces;
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- a locking structure engageable between the base and the surgical fastener securing member for locking the surgical fastener securing member in the closed position, wherein the surgical fastener securing member comprises a sidewall pivotably mounted to the base, and a plurality of flexible retaining members which extend from the sidewall over portions of the spaces whereby fasteners can be held in the spaces and then removed when desired while the surgical fastener retaining member is in the closed position, and wherein the locking structure engages between the sidewall and the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.