Patent ID: 6843403
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A device for cutting and fastening a section of tissue, comprising: a first jaw; a second jaw in opposed correspondence with the first jaw and adapted to retain one or more fasteners, the first and second jaws being movable in a non-rotational manner relative to one another between an open position and a closed position; a wedge, disposed in an axially translating relation at the second jaw, the wedge including a blade and a sloped surface, such that during the selective axial translation of the wedge, the blade transects the section of tissue, and the sloped surface drives the fasteners through the tissue and toward the first jaw, thereby fastening the section; a first rotatable shaft for effecting the relative movement of the first and second jaws between the open position and the closed position; and a second rotatable shaft for driving the wedge member, the second rotatable shaft being rotatable independently of the first rotatable shaft.