Patent ID: 7014638
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A stapler comprising: a body having a longitudinal axis, a rear, and a front axially aligned with the longitudinal axis of said body, said body including a staple storage compartment; a handle depending downwardly from said body, said handle having a thenar fitting concave curve adapted to conform to the natural curvature of the thenar eminence of the palm of a user's hand and facing said rear of said body and a proximal extension extending rearwardly proximate the juncture of said body and said handle, said proximal extension adapted to extend over the dorsum of the user's hand and having a bottom surface adapted to contact the top of the doreum, said body having at least a pair of sides at least in part parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body forming a grasping area for the thumb and the index finger of the user's hand, said grasping area adapted to permit the placement of the thumb and the index finger to the user's hand on said grasping area generally parallel to and facing one another and generally in line with the longitudinal axis of said body, whereby when the user's hand is placed on said handle, the dorsum is in contact with said bottom surface of said proximal extension, the thenar eminence is in contact will, said thenar fitting concave curve, and the index finger and the thumb of the user's hand are placed adjacent to said body and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body; and a mechanism for ejecting staples from said staple storage compartment.