Patent ID: 8257370

Claim:
A staple gun for a lumbar facet joint staple, comprising: a handle having an upper bar and a lower bar, each of the upper bar and the lower bar having a first and a free end; a hollow cylinder body having a first end for receiving the lumbar facet joint staple and a second end adjacent to the handle; a connector having a first end coupled to the hollow cylinder body and a second end coupled to the handle such that the first end of each of the upper bar and the lower bar is pivotably coupled to the connector; a puller disposed in and extending through the hollow cylinder body, wherein the puller has a first end for receiving the lumbar facet joint staple and a second end adjacent to the handle, the second end of the puller being coupled to the handle; and a puller tip coupled to the first end of the puller, wherein the handle is moveable from a closed position to an open position, a distance between the free end of the upper bar and the free end of the lower bar in the closed position being less than a distance between the free end of the upper bar and the free end of the lower bar in the open position, wherein the first end of the puller and at least a part of the puller tip are disposed inside the first end of the hollow cylinder body when the handle is in the closed position, and wherein the first end of the puller and at least a part of the puller tip extend outside the first end of the hollow cylinder body when the handle is in the open position.