Patent ID: 8733616
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical stapler designed to deliver a plurality of fasteners one after another, the surgical stapler comprises at least one grip body, at least one mechanism for ejecting the plurality of fasteners, and a tubular ejection barrel in which the plurality of fasteners are stored one behind another, the plurality of fasteners being delivered distally, at a distal end of the tubular ejection barrel, the plurality of fasteners including: at least a first set of fasteners including a longitudinal axis, a central section with a proximal surface and a distal surface, an elongate distal part that is able to penetrate into biological tissue and extends distally from the distal surface of the central section and a plurality of self-fastening stubs extending proximally from the proximal surface of the central section; and, at least a second set of fasteners without a plurality of self-fastening stubs.