Patent ID: 8821514
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical fastener applier for ensuring proper seating of a fastener comprising: a housing; an actuation mechanism disposed in mechanical cooperation with the housing and defining a longitudinal axis; a rotatable center drive mechanism operatively associated with the actuation mechanism; a rotatable drive rod extending distally from the housing and configured to support a plurality of fasteners, the rotatable drive rod being at least partially radially surrounded by the plurality of fasteners; an axially translatable tubular sleeve coaxially disposed along at least a portion of the drive rod and configured to at least partially radially surround said plurality of fasteners; and a control system including a load measuring device supported in the housing, wherein the load measuring device is a load sensor, the control system being configured to prevent a motor of the drive mechanism from operation until a predetermined amount of an external load is directly applied to a distal portion of the tubular sleeve.