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Patent US4244372 - Surgical instrument for suturing organs - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe instrument comprises a supporting part and a staple-receiving part connected pivotally to each other, their working ends carrying opposing longitudinal jaws. The longitudinal jaw of said staple-receiving part accommodates staple magazines. Made in said staple magazines in opposition to the staple-clinching...http://www.google.com/patents/US4244372?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4244372 - Surgical instrument for suturing organsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS4244372 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 06/015,654Publication dateJan 13, 1981Filing dateFeb 27, 1979Priority dateMar 31, 1978Also published asCA1140828A, CA1140828A1Publication number015654, 06015654, US 4244372 A, US 4244372A, US-A-4244372, US4244372 A, US4244372AInventorsNikolai N. Kapitanov, Vladimir M. Fedotov, Natalya P. Petrova, Marya D. Patsiora, Kim N. Tsatsanidi, Oleg B. MilonovOriginal AssigneeKapitanov Nikolai N, Fedotov Vladimir M, Petrova Natalya P, Patsiora Marya D, Tsatsanidi Kim N, Milonov Oleg BExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (4), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (383), Classifications (9) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSurgical instrument for suturing organs
US 4244372 AAbstract
The instrument comprises a supporting part and a staple-receiving part connected pivotally to each other, their working ends carrying opposing longitudinal jaws. The longitudinal jaw of said staple-receiving part accommodates staple magazines. Made in said staple magazines in opposition to the staple-clinching indentations of the longitudinal jaw of the supporting part are transverse slots adapted to accommodate the members for driving said staples and said staples, and longitudinal slots adapted to accommodate bars with wedge-shaped ends facing said staple-driving members, adapted for cooperation with said staple-driving members, to drive out and insert said staples. The longitudinal slot of said staple-receiving part movably accommodates a knife blade movable jointly with said bars. The instrument includes a latch-type lock for retaining the two parts in a position where they are brought together to define a suturing gap therebetween, and means for preventing substantial traumatism of the layer-by-layer sutured organs and for ensuring the rigidity of the suturing unit of the instrument in the course of a suturing operation.
1. A surgical instrument for suturing organs, such as parenchymal organs, comprising:a supporting part having a working end; a staple-receiving part having a working end, said staple-receiving part being pivotally connected with said supporting part; a first longitudinal jaw of generally rectangular cross-section carried by the working end of said supporting part; a second longitudinal jaw carried by the working end of said staple-receiving part in opposition to said first longitudinal jaw; staples having two legs, the whole being generally "U" shaped; indentations in said first longitudinal jaw for bending over the legs of staples; longitudinal staple magazines accommodated in said second longitudinal jaw, each of said magazines confining and spacing a plurality of single staples along said second longitudinal jaw; sliding members for driving said staples, transverse guide slots formed in said staple magazines in opposition to said indentations, to accommodate therein staples and said sliding members for driving said staples; longitudinal slots in said staple magazines; bars with wedge-shaped ends facing said members for driving said staples, and accommodated in said longitudinal slots for direct communication and cooperation with said staple-driving members, for driving out and bending over the legs of said staples; a separate longitudinal slot located between said longitudinal slots in said staple-receiving part; a knife blade movably accommodated in said longitudinal slot in said staple-receiving part for motion jointly with said bars; a latch-type locking means for preventing substantial traumatisim of layer-by-layer sutured organs and for ensuring rigid aligment of said jaws of the instrument in the course of a suturing operation; said means comprising: rods attached to said second longitudinal jaw in two parallel longitudinal rows and projecting from the medial surface thereof; transverse grooves in said rods near their medial ends; a longitudinal guide slot in said first longitudinal jaw; jaw openings spaced in said first longitudinal jaw for receiving a portion of said rods; a locking strip slidably engaged in said longitudinal guide slot, said strip having apertures therein which are alignable with said jaw openings; manual means for sliding said locking strip within said longitudinal guide slot so that when said rods have been received in said openings the rim of said apertures is slidably engagable in said transverse grooves, thus locking the jaws together. Description
This invention relates to medical instrumentation, and more particularly to a surgical instrument for suturing organs.
The invention provides a surgical apparatus for suturing organs, e.g., parenchymal ones, comprising two pivotally connected parts, viz. a staple-receiving part and a supporting or clinching part, the parts having respective working ends carrying opposing longitudinal jaws, the longitudinal jaw of the supporting part having indentations made therein for bending over the ends of the legs of staples, and the longitudinal jaw of the staple, receiving part carrying staple magazines wherein transverse staple-receiving slots are made in opposition to the said indentations, the slots accommodating therein the staples and staple drivers, and longitudinal slots adapted to accommodate therein bars with wedge-shaped ends facing the staple drivers and being adapted for cooperation with the staple drivers to drive out the staples, a knife blade being accommodated in a longitudinal slot in the staple-receiving part for motion jointly with said bars, and a locking device for retaining the two parts in a position where they are brought together to define a suturing gap, in which instrument, in accordance with the invention, means are provided for preventing substantial traumatism of layer-by-layer sutured organs and ensuring the rigidity of the suturing part of the apparatus in the course of the suturing operation.
The present invention will be further described with reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Referring now to the appended drawings, the surgical instrument for suturing organs includes a supporting or clinching part 1 (FIG. 1) and a staple-receiving part 2, the two parts 1 and 2 being pivotally connected with a screw 3. The working ends of the two parts 1 and 2 carry opposed longitudinal jaws 4 and 5, while their opposite ends are provided with rings 6. The longitudinal jaw 5 of the staple-receiving part 2 accommodates replaceable staple magazines 7 and 8 (FIG. 2). The staple magazines 7 and 8 have transverse slots 9 (FIG. 1) adapted to accommodate generally U-shaped staples 10 and staple drivers 11. Uniformly spaced intermediate the staple magazines 7 and 8 throughout the length of the jaw 5 are rods 12. The staple-receiving part 2 carries a slide 13, with screws 14 securing to slide 13 a knife blade 15 and two bars 16 with wedge-shaped ends, said blade and said bars being reciprocable along the three longitudinal slots 17 and 18 respectively (FIG. 3). The longitudinal jaw 4 (FIG. 1) of the supporting part 1 has made therein, in opposition to the transverse slots 9 of the staple magazines 7 and 8, indentations or anvils 19 for clinching the staples 10 (FIGS. 1 and 3). Spaced longitudinally of the jaw 4 are openings 20 (FIG. 2), their spacing corresponding to that of the rods 12 (FIG. 1), and the jaw 4 having a longitudinal slot 21 (FIG. 3) slidably accommodating a locking strip 22 (FIG. 4). The latter has apertures 23 with their spacing corresponding to that of the rods 12. The supporting part 1 (FIG. 1) carries a pin 24 retaining a screw 25 with an eccentric lug 26. This lug 26 (FIG. 4) is engageable in a slot 27 made in the locking strip 22, whereby the rotation of the screw 25 can be converted into reciprocation of the locking strip 22 (FIG. 4). The rotation of the screw 25 (FIG. 2) is limited by a pin 28. The rods 12 (FIG. 5) have grooves 29 positioned in the plane of reciprocation of the locking strip 22 (FIG. 5) when the jaws 4 (FIG. 1) and 5 are brought together to define there between a suturing gap, so that the rods 12 (FIG. 5) are engageable with the locking strip 22. With the rods 12 thus engaged by the locking strip 22, the suturing effort is transmitted by and taken up by the more rigid longitudinal jaw 5 (FIG. 1) of the staple-receiving part 2. In the position of defining the suturing gap the supporting part 1 and the staple-receiving part 2 are locked together with a latch-type lock 30 (FIG. 6).
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