Patent ID: 8690896

Claim:
A surgical staple remover apparatus, comprising: a handle located at a rear of the apparatus; an upward sloped jaw element comprising a pair of jaws; an arm having a hook element on a distal half, wherein the arm is positioned such that the hook element is disposed over the jaw element; a housing having an interior volume that encompasses at least a portion of the arm; a spring coupled to the housing and coupled to a proximal half of the arm, wherein the spring is positioned such that the spring provides a downward force on the proximal half of the arm; a lever mechanically coupled to the arm, wherein moving the lever closer to the handle results in the proximal half of the arm moving upwards, the hook element moving downwards towards the jaw element and the arm retracting proximally, thereby resulting in the hook element pressing against a crown of a surgical staple, deforming the surgical staple for removal and moving the surgical staple proximally; a strip element located on top of the jaw element, such that when the hook element deforms and moves the surgical staple proximally, the surgical staple is moved under the strip element and held in place by the same; and wherein moving the lever closer to the handle loads the spring, which increases the downward force of the spring on the proximal half of the arm.