Patent ID: 6315184
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A fastening and cutting device for cutting and fastening a section of tissue, comprising:a first jaw;a second jaw in opposed correspondence with the first jaw, the first and second jaws being relatively movable between an open position and a closed position;one or more fasteners initially disposed in the second jaw;a wedge, disposed in a selectively and axially translating relation within said second jaw, beneath said fasteners, said wedge including a blade and a sloped surface, such that during said selective axial translation of said wedge, the blade transects said section of tissue, and the slope surface drives said fasteners through the tissue and toward said first jaw, thereby fastening said section;a first rotatable shaft for effecting the relative movement of the first and second jaws between the open position and the closed position along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first shaft; anda second rotatable shaft for driving the wedge member, the second rotatable shaft being rotatable independently of the first rotatable shaft.