Carl F Griffin

US Patent:

8579920, Nov 12, 2013

Filed:

May 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/464151

Inventors:

Robert Nering - Stockton NJ, US
Simon Cohn - Rutherford NJ, US
Michael Cardinale - Manalapan NJ, US
Richard P. Fuchs - Cincinnati OH, US
Matthew David Daniel - Lebanon OH, US
Jeremy David Jarrett - Cincinnati OH, US
Race Eric Thornton - Sugar Hill GA, US
Carl Edward Griffin - Hartwell GA, US

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

International Classification:

A61B 17/10

US Classification:

606143, 606151

Abstract:

An applicator instrument for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing, an elongated shaft extending from the housing, a firing rod disposed inside the elongated shaft and being movable within a first plane between a retracted position and an extended position, an advancer disposed inside the elongated shaft and being moveable within a second plane between a retracted position and an extended position, and a staging assembly located adjacent the distal end of the elongated shaft and being adapted to align surgical fasteners with a distal end of the firing rod. The staging assembly is held below the second plane by the advancer when the advancer is in the extended position and the staging assembly is adapted to move into at least partial alignment with the distal end of the firing rod when the advancer is in the retracted position.