Patent ID: 8241303

Claim:
A surgical staple remover apparatus, comprising: a first elongated element having a handle on one end and an upward sloped jaw element on the other end, wherein the jaw element comprises a pair of parallel jaws; a housing running a length of the first elongated element, beginning substantially at the jaw element and including an opening facing the jaw element; an interior element comprising a planar element having a hook element on one end, wherein the interior element is located within the housing such that the hook element extends out of the opening of the housing and wherein the interior element is secured to the housing with a spring; a second elongated element pivotally connected to the first elongated element and the interior element, such that moving the second elongated element into close proximity with the handle results in moving the hook element and the jaw element into close proximity while retracting the interior element into the housing, thereby resulting in the hook element pressing against a crown of a surgical staple, deforming the surgical staple so as to remove it and moving the surgical staple towards the housing; and a strip element located on top of the jaw element, such that when the hook element deforms and moves the removed surgical staple towards the housing, the removed surgical staple is moved under the strip element and held in place by same.