Patent ID: 11957343
Assignee: C. R. BARD, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A surgical instrument comprising:
a fastener carrier extending distally from a handle of a surgical instrument, the fastener carrier movable between a non-articulated configuration and a fully articulated configuration;
a fastener provided on the fastener carrier, the fastener comprising:
a head;
a shaft extending distally from the head; and
a through bore extending through the shaft from a proximal surface of the head to a distal portion of the shaft, wherein the fastener carrier is slidably received in the through bore, wherein the through bore has a first transverse dimension at a proximal end of the through bore and a second transverse dimension at a distal end of the through bore wherein the first transverse dimension is smaller than the second transverse dimension, and wherein the through bore tapers from the distal end of the through bore to the proximal end of the through bore, and wherein the shaft includes a distal tip, and wherein the distal tip is radially offset from the through bore.