Patent ID: 6273893
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A rivet applier comprising a body having a central axis, a proximal end and a distal end,adjacent to the proximal end of the body aligned along the central axis is a hammer chamber that contains a hammer slidably mounted in said hammer chamber, the hammer is biased by a hammer spring toward the distal end of the rivet applier and mechanically linked to a loading grip by an opening extending through the body for moving the hammer from a first position to a second position,at the distal end of the applier is a receiver for retaining rivets, the receiver is in mechanical communications with a firing pin slidably mounted within the body by a passage that is aligned substantially along the central axis of the body and connected to the hammer chamber,wherein the hammer when moved from the first position to the second position contacts the firing pin which in turn is driven into the receiver,wherein the firing pin comprises a head and extending therefrom a striker pin, andwherein the firing pin has extending therefrom, substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the firing pin, at least one firing guide.