Patent ID: 8393517
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical stapling tool which comprises: a main body which includes a handle portion, an effector extending from said body which holds at least one surgical staple having two legs with pointed ends and a crown connector interconnecting the opposite ends of the legs, said effector including a first mechanism for adjusting the distance between the pointed ends of the legs so they become spaced apart a precise desired distance that is one of several different distances while the distance between upper ends of the legs at the crown connector remains unchanged, an actuator-indicator incorporated in said body for operating said first mechanism, a second mechanism which causes the effector to implant the staple into body tissue or organ tissue so as to achieve a precise amount of constriction, which constriction is dependent upon the one of said several different precise spaced apart distances to which the pointed ends were adjusted, and an actuator for causing said second mechanism to operate.