Patent ID: 7287682

Claim:
A surgical device for attaching staples to a body portion comprising: a first and second jaws for receiving said body portion there between; the first jaw comprising an anvil in communication with a first smart memory material for facilitating the opening and closing of the first jaw towards the second jaw, wherein the first smart memory material is capable of moving from a first physical state in which the first and second jaws are in an open position and a second physical state in which the first and second jaws are in a closed position; the second jaw comprising a supply of staples in communication with a second smart memory material for deploying the supply of staples towards the anvil and piercing the body portion located there between, wherein the second smart memory material is capable of moving from a first physical state in which the supply of staples are in an undeployed state and a second physical state in which the supply of staples are deployed towards the anvil; and an activating apparatus in communication with the smart memory materials for causing the first and second smart memory materials to change from their respective first physical state to their respective second physical state.