Including Clenching Means Patents (Class 227/155)
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Patent number: 11858099Abstract: A clinch staple mechanism including a pivoting base configured to be pivotally connected to a pneumatic stapling tool. The pneumatic stapling tool is configured to dispense staples each staple having a crown and a pair of staple legs, wherein the crown is disposed in a crown direction. The clinch staple mechanism further includes a clinch arm pivotally connected to the pivoting base at a proximal end of the clinch arm; and a clinch block disposed on a distal end of the clinch arm, wherein the clinch block is configured to bend the staple legs in a direction perpendicular to the crown direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: PneuTools, Inc.Inventor: Frederick William Lamb
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Patent number: 11673245Abstract: A stapler for stapling sheet material with staples, each staple having two staple legs and a staple crown. The stapler having an anvil arm, with a stapling unit being pivotable relative to the anvil arm and including a staple magazine receiving the staples and a driver for pushing staples through the sheet material, with a base part, on which the anvil arm is mounted movably towards it, and with two two-armed bending levers pivotably mounted on the anvil arm about a respective pivot axis, each bending lever having a first and a second lever arm. Upon approach of the anvil arm to the base part, the second lever arms are pivoted and bend the staple legs. The pivot axes extend substantially perpendicular to the staple crowns and the second lever arms have end portions which are arranged offset to one another in the axial direction of the pivot axes.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Isaberg Rapid ABInventor: Robert Ohlsson
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Patent number: 11224761Abstract: A brachytherapy source delivery device includes a first tissue-piercing leg having proximal and distal ends, a second tissue-piercing leg having proximal and distal ends, wherein the proximal ends of the first and second tissue-piercing legs are joined at a span section in a first angular orientation with respect to each other, and a carrier element formed at, or attached to, the span section, the carrier element configured to support a radioactive brachytherapy source. The distal ends of the first and second legs can be curved inward toward each other to pierce a tissue when engaged toward each other into a closed position. The first and second tissue-piercing legs can be formed of a wire having a circular cross-sectional or non-circular cross-sectional shape. The carrier element can be tangentially attached to the span section. Each of the legs have a length that is greater than the length of the span section.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PointSource Technologies, LLCInventors: David E. Wazer, Thomas A. DiPetrillo, John J. Munro, III
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Patent number: 11148269Abstract: A stapler is provided, including: a main body, a striking mechanism, a staple straightening mechanism and a linkage mechanism. The main body includes an inner space and a staple outlet. The striking mechanism is disposed in the inner space and includes a striking member configured to strike a staple and a driving member by which the striking member is driven to move relative to the staple outlet. The staple straightening mechanism is disposed on the main body and includes an aperture corresponding to the staple outlet, at least one abutting member being movable within the aperture and a force accumulating assembly which is movable toward the aperture. The linkage mechanism is disposed in the inner space. The driving member and the force accumulating assembly are connected with the linkage mechanism and comovable with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Jing-Li Wang
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Patent number: 11141154Abstract: A surgical end effector is disclosed. The end effector can include an anvil comprising a planar surface, wherein a plurality of forming pockets is defined in the planar surface. The forming pockets can include a first forming pocket comprising a first depth and a second forming pocket comprising a second depth, wherein the second depth is different than the first depth. The end effector can also include a staple cartridge comprising a stepped deck, a first driver aligned with the first pocket and movable a first distance between an unfired position and a fired position, and a second driver aligned with the second pocket and movable a second distance between an unfired position and a fired position, wherein the second distance is different than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Gregory J. Bakos, Jason L. Harris
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Patent number: 10952731Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a surgical fastener applying apparatus (10) for sequentially applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes a clamping half-section (12) having a distal anvil attachment portion (12b) and a proximal handle portion (12a), a cartridge receiving half-section (14) having a handle portion (22) and an elongated channel portion (24), the elongated channel portion being configured to releasably receive a single use loading unit and the handle portion being configured to releasably receive a firing assembly (20), an anvil member (16) configured to be releasably supported within the distal anvil attachment portion of the clamping half-section and a firing assembly configured to be releasably supported within the handle portion of the cartridge receiving half-section.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Arvind Kumar Gupta, Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Kiran Garikipati, Nikhil R. Katre, Vinayan Vivekanandan, Mangesh Patankar
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Patent number: 10936405Abstract: A plurality of computing devices are communicatively coupled to each other via a network, and each of the plurality of computing devices is operably coupled to one or more of a plurality of storage devices. Data communication is made more efficient by removing the need to copy data in the networking stack, using hardware accelerated end-to-end checksum calculation, and supporting transmission formatting of data and header for special cases.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Inventors: Maor Ben Dayan, Omri Palmon, Liran Zvibel, Tomer Filiba
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Patent number: 10925607Abstract: A cartridge assembly for selective connection to a surgical stapling apparatus includes a body portion, a tissue contact surface defining staple retention slots, staples, a collar assembly and a staple sheath. Each of the staples is received in a respective one of the staple retention slots of the tissue contact surface. The collar assembly is movably mounted to the body portion. The staple sheath is coupled to the collar assembly and positioned to cover the staple retention slots. The staple sheath is selectively movable relative to the tissue contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Christopher Penna, Stephen Ryan Casey
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Patent number: 10881411Abstract: A surgical anvil assembly for use with a circular stapling instrument includes an anvil center rod defining a longitudinal axis and an anvil head pivotally coupled to the anvil center rod and movable between a first operative condition and a second tilted condition. The anvil assembly further includes a locking assembly configured to selectively lock the anvil head in each of the first and second conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Joseph Guerrera, Charles R. Kollar
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Patent number: 10773367Abstract: A nail blocking member for a nail gun. The nail gun includes a firing portion for firing a nail. When an object is pressed upon the nail blocking member by the firing portion, the nail is fired by the firing portion to enter the object. The nail blocking member includes a main body having a contact face, with a formation groove concavely disposed on the contact face, and a guiding block protruding from the formation groove. An object is pressed upon the contact face by the firing portion, and a nail is fired by the firing portion to enter the object to hit the guiding block, such that the nail is guided by the guiding block to move toward the formation groove, so as to be bent along the formation groove and reversely folded back into the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: EVERWIN PNEUMATIC CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Sheng Huang, Wei-Jen Chen
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Patent number: 10751040Abstract: Circular stapling instruments and anvil assemblies. The anvil assemblies may have collapsible anvil support members that may be inserted through an opening in a patient and then expanded to be attached to an anvil plate assembly that has a staple-forming surface thereon. The anvil support member is attachable to the anvil plate assembly in such a way that when the anvil assembly is coupled to the stapling head of a circular stapler, the staple-forming surface is in substantial registry with the staples supported in the stapling head. A variety of different anvil support members and anvil plate assemblies are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Taylor W. Aronhalt, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Christopher J. Schall, Joseph E. Young, Barry C. Worrell, Jerome R. Morgan, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Christopher J. Hess, Emily A. Schellin
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Patent number: 10632603Abstract: An anvil piece of a stapler is provided, including a main body, a crimp groove unit recessed on the main body and including at least one crimp groove, and an export unit. Each said crimp groove is for receiving a leg of a staple and has a blocking face which extends along a guiding path, and each said blocking face is for blocking the leg and making the leg bend along the guiding path; the export unit is recessed on the main body and communicates with the crimp groove unit on an extraction direction, the extraction direction is transverse to the guiding path and away from the crimp groove unit, the export unit includes at least exporting groove, each said exporting groove has an exporting face, and each said exporting face is for the leg which is bent to abuttingly slide therealong.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: APEX MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Chih-Wei Hu
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Patent number: 10595870Abstract: An anvil assembly includes a retaining member having a body portion and a frangible portion connected to the body portion, where the frangible portion is positioned to engage a backup member and separates from the body portion during movement of the backup member from a first, proximal position to a second, distal position. The retaining member keeps the backup plate in the proximal position prior to firing of the stapling assembly, and upon separation of the frangible portion allows the backup plate to move to the distal position during firing of the stapling assembly. Proximal force on the backup plate after firing of the stapling assembly is avoided, thereby helping to ensure titling of the anvil assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Justin Williams, Patrick D. Mozdzierz, Steven Joyce
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Patent number: 10595873Abstract: Surgical staplers and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a surgical stapler includes a tubular shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, a handle extending from the proximal end of the tubular shaft, a head assembly extending from the distal end of the tubular shaft, and an insertion guide configured to extend through the head assembly. The insertion guide includes an expandable member configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Franklin Institute of Innovation, LLCInventor: James S. Franklin, Sr.
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Patent number: 10524795Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed which comprises a staple firing system and a tissue cutting system. The surgical instrument is configured to permit a surgeon to elect whether to actuate the tissue cutting system after the staple firing system has been actuated.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Anil K. Nalagatla, Sudhir B. Patel, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 10499922Abstract: A circular stapling device includes a reload and an elongate body or adaptor. The reload includes a staple pusher assembly, a knife carrier, and an annular knife supported on the knife carrier. The adaptor includes a pusher drive member and a knife carrier pusher having at least one resilient finger that is deformable inwardly towards the knife carrier into releasable engagement with the knife carrier to releasably couple the knife carrier to the knife carrier pusher. In a pre-fired state, the pusher is positioned to retain the resilient finger in the deformed state to prevent separation of the knife carrier pusher and the knife carrier. After the stapling device is fired and the knife carrier is advanced and subsequently retracted, the resilient finger of the knife carrier pusher is positioned to flex outwardly from the deformed state to automatically uncouple the knife carrier pusher from the knife carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Anthony Sgroi, Jr.
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Patent number: 10426476Abstract: A fastener cartridge assembly for use with a circular surgical fastening device. The fastener cartridge assembly includes a cartridge body that has a circular deck. A plurality of fastener cavities is provided in the circular deck. Each fastener cavity includes two cavity ends wherein one cavity end of each of the fastener cavities is positioned on a first circular axis having a first radius and wherein the other cavity end of each fastener cavity is positioned on a second circular axis that has a second radius that differs from the first radius.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Ethicon LLCInventors: Jason L. Harris, Jerome R. Morgan, Mark S. Zeiner, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
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Patent number: 10314612Abstract: A tool introducer is configured for introduction in an elongated body including a straight tube, wherein the tube encloses a tube lumen opened at its distal end with a tube opening. The tool introducer includes locking means to selectively lock or unlock an interchangeable surgical tool to the tube from displacing axially and/or rotationally in the tube lumen, the locking means being configured such that, at the locking, a tool connector of the tool projects towards the tube opening and is distanced therefrom by at least 3 cm. A method includes positioning the surgical tool introducer such that a distal portion thereof projects in a body cavity, manipulating and/or extending the tool introducer to reach and engage an elongated shaft introduced percutaneously into the body cavity; and inserting the elongated shaft into the tube lumen via the tube opening and connecting the tool to the elongated shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: EON SURGICAL LTD.Inventors: Danny Farin, Yehuda Bachar
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Patent number: 10289050Abstract: A binding device includes a receptacle, an aligner, a moving mechanism, first and second binders, and a guide. The aligner aligns a bundle of recording media in a width direction thereof on the receptacle. The moving mechanism moves the aligner in the width direction. A maximum thickness of the bundle of recording media boundable in the second binder is smaller than that in the first binder. The guide is movable conforming to the maximum thickness of the bundle of recording media boundable in the first binder, and conforming to that in the second binder, to guide and direct the bundle of recording media to a receiving portion of the first binder when the first binder binds the bundle of recording media, and to a receiving portion of the second binder when the second binder binds the bundle of recording media, respectively. The guide is movable in conjunction with the aligner.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yuusuke Shibasaki, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Wataru Takahashi, Koki Sakano
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Patent number: 10231733Abstract: The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Karl H. Ehrenfels, David Ivanko, Randolph Lehn, Roberto Pedros, Csaba L. Rethy, Frank J. Viola
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Patent number: 10172622Abstract: An applicator instrument has a body portion that has at least one trigger mechanism and a rod extending from the body portion. The applicator instrument has a folding cap mechanism installed or inserted into an end of the rod. The folding cap mechanism has a plurality of extension arms, each of which have a staple clinch bucket. The extension arms are coupled to a trigger of the triggers and are movable between a collapsed position and an extended position by the trigger.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Inventor: Jill Kelley
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Patent number: 9725276Abstract: A sheet processing device is for binding sheets together. The sheet processing device includes binding units differing from each other in maximum sheet count, the maximum sheet count being a maximum number of sheets that can be bound at a time; a sheet tray configured to hold sheets until all to-be-bound sheets are placed therein, the number of the to-be-bound sheets being a largest one of the maximum sheet counts of the binding units or smaller; and a stacked-sheet-count limiting unit situated in a thickness direction of the sheets held in the sheet tray. The stacked-sheet-count limiting unit is configured to limit the number of sheets held in the sheet tray by varying a distance from a sheet support surface of the sheet tray on which the sheets are placed, depending on one of the binding units by which the sheets held in the sheet tray are to be bound.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Wataru Takahashi, Katsuhiro Kosuge, Nobuyoshi Suzuki, Hidehiko Fujiwara, Yuusuke Shibasaki, Koki Sakano, Takuya Morinaga
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Patent number: 9714150Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus that restricts conveyance of sheets to a post-processing apparatus which has become incapable of continuing a post-processing operation. The sheet conveying apparatus is communicably connected to the post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on a sheet bundle formed by sheets. The sheet conveying apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying sheets and an escape tray for receiving conveyed sheets which are not conveyed to the post-processing apparatus. A value corresponding to the number of sheet bundles formed by conveyed sheets is counted. A CPU circuit section determines based on communication with the post-processing apparatus whether or not the post-processing operation can be continued thereby. When it is determined that the post-processing operation cannot be continued, the CPU circuit section switches the sheet conveying destination from the post-processing apparatus to the escape tray, based on the counted value.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Miyake, Akinobu Nishikata, Satoru Yamamoto, Takashi Yokoya, Katsuya Nakama, Koji Yumoto, Riki Fukuhara
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Patent number: 9655619Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical stapler comprising: a support base; a trigger; a handle; a retaining pin operatively connected to and extending distally from a support base, the support base being operable in the surgical stapler to cause the stapler to position staples near tissue; and a unit lockout rotatable about a pivot fixed to the handle. The unit lockout comprises an upper end near and under at least one blocking plate in the stapler; and another end facing the trigger to prevent it from firing when the upper end is blocked from upward movement by the at least one blocking plate. Whereas the upper end of the unit lockout is moved relative to the at least one blocking plate so that the upper end of unit lockout is no longer under the at least one blocking plate to permit the unit lockout to rotate about the pivot.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Shan Wan, Xiangchun Hong
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Patent number: 9643307Abstract: A stapler includes a penetrating part including a pair of cutting blades to form holes in a workpiece and to cause leg portions of a staple to penetrate the workpiece, an operating member, and a bending part configured to bend the leg portions. The bending part includes a bending member configured to bend the leg portions of the staple, and a driving force transmitting section configured to transmit an operation of the operating member to the bending member.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Kato, Suguru Miwa
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Patent number: 9592051Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument comprising a handle assembly having a proximal end, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle assembly, a head portion disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated body portion and including an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The shell assembly includes a shell and a staple guide housing a plurality of staples. A flexible engagement structure attaches the staple guide to the shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Nihir Patel, Guido Pedros, Stephen R. Paul, Keith L. Milliman, Ryan Williams, Michael J. Havrilko
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Patent number: 9554795Abstract: An anvil cap for providing secure anastomosis in a circular staplers in which the anvil cap has a movable inner shaft, a command wire connected to the movable inner shaft so as to cause a pulling movement to be applied to the movable inner shaft, a plurality of upper wings pivotally mounted to joint points on the movable inner shaft so as to be openable in relation to the movable inner shaft, and a plurality of lower wings cooperative with the plurality of upper wings such that the plurality of lower wings open when the plurality of upper wings apply pressure to the plurality of lower wings.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Inventor: Mustafa Sahin
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Patent number: 9504470Abstract: The cartridge assembly includes a housing, a pusher member, a fastener cartridge body, a circular cartridge buttress member, and a retaining ring member. The pusher member is supported within the housing and movable between a first position and a second position. The fastener cartridge body is supported on the housing and has a tissue engaging surface that extends to an annular edge. One or both of the housing and the fastener cartridge body define an annular containment groove. The circular cartridge buttress member has a body portion and an extension portion. The body portion is supported on the tissue engaging surface of the fastener cartridge body. The extension portion extends from the body portion and over the annular edge of the tissue engaging surface. The retaining ring member is secured within the containment groove to releasably secure the extension portion of the circular cartridge buttress member to the cartridge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Keith L. Milliman
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Patent number: 9498873Abstract: A stapler is provided with a penetrating part including a pair of cutting blades which are disposed at an interval in a second direction. Holes are formed in sheets and a pair of leg portions of a staple penetrate the sheets by penetrating and withdrawing the cutting blades into and from the sheets in the first direction. An interval in the second direction between the pair of cutting blades at a tip end sides in the first direction is narrower than an interval in the second direction between the pair of cutting blades at base end sides which are opposite to the tip end sides in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Kato, Suguru Miwa
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Patent number: 9451962Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument is disclosed, the instrument having a handle assembly, a body portion having a staple cartridge assembly, and an anvil assembly. The anvil assembly includes an anvil head, an anvil member, an anvil shaft, and a biasing member. The anvil shaft defines a longitudinal axis and the anvil member is pivotally secured to the anvil head. The biasing member is supported on the anvil assembly to urge the anvil member from a first position to a second position defining an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Covidien LPInventor: Lee Ann Olson
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Patent number: 9289210Abstract: A surgical stapling instrument including a staple sled which can be advanced and/or retracted relative to first and second jaw members, wherein the staple sled can be configured to deploy staples from a staple cartridge in one of the first and second jaw members. In at least one embodiment, the other of the first and second jaw members can include an anvil having at least one forming surface which can be configured to deform the staples as they are deployed from the staple cartridge. In at least one form of the invention, the anvil can be movably adjustable relative to the staple cartridge in order to adjust the distance in which the staples are deformed. In various embodiments, the anvil can be adjusted by a slidable adjusting plate and/or a rotatable cam.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCInventors: Chester O. Baxter, III, James J. Bedi
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Patent number: 9162368Abstract: An electric stapler (10) is provided with a driver mechanism (11) and a clincher mechanism (40). A clamp part (13) is slidably accommodated in a main body (12) of the driver mechanism (11). The clamp part (13) clamps sheets of paper in cooperation with the clincher mechanism (40). The clamp part (13) is urged toward the sheets by a biasing mechanism (14). The biasing mechanism (14) is out of operation of urging the clamp part (13) when the clamp part (13) is in a home position which is the most remote from the clincher mechanism (40).Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Futoshi Kameda, Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 9114518Abstract: A clincher unit is provided with a pair of clinchers for bending two legs of a staple; and a clincher driving mechanism for rotating and moving the clinchers in separating/contacting directions. The clincher driving mechanism moves the pair of clinchers in an approaching direction each other, as a movement of starting to bend the legs of the staple having penetrated the sheets.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Aoki, Takuya Kubota
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Publication number: 20150102086Abstract: A clenching adapter for use with automatic nailers tools is provided, which mounts to a nailer tool, and which extends behind a two-layer workpiece and curls the tip of a driven nail on the opposite side of the multiple-layer workpiece. The adapter includes a movable extension link that pivots on a proximal end, due to the action of an air cylinder actuator, and that pivoting motion causes an anvil mounted on its distal end to grasp the opposite (bottom) side of the workpiece, while also positioning the anvil to a location where it intercepts the nail that will be fired through the workpiece by the nailer tool. The anvil mechanism rotates from a “relaxed” position that fits within a gap in the boards of a workpiece, to an actuated “ready” position that receives and curls the nail, for clenching a multi-substrate workpiece. The actuations are automatically sequenced, in one embodiment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Thomas A. McCardle, Donald C. Ries, David Michael Young, John T. Burke, Kory Adam Gunnerson
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Patent number: 8915417Abstract: Tooling intended for fixing hooks connecting the ends of belt conveyors including a fixed lower part forming an anvil linked to a movable upper part by positioning and centering fingers, a main punch, and a complementary punch. The main punch includes a head provided with enlarged parts and can slide in a vertical channel. The complementary punch can slide in a vertical channel. A vertical guiding groove staple is arranged on the side of the complementary punch. A pneumatic hammer provided with a head hammers the main punch which drives the staple in and drives, or hammers, the complementary punch which simultaneously hammers the upper of the hook.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: AserInventor: Horst Jakob
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Publication number: 20140203060Abstract: A flat clinch assembly fits upon or within a base of a stapling device. The assembly preferably includes a slot with extended resiliently biased arms or toggles, where a rest position has the arms at or near a level of a working surface. An ejecting staple deflects and energizes the arms to cause the arms to rotate and create a clearance recess whereby points of the staple legs slide inward along the anvil. A restorative bias acting on the arms causes the arms to rebound to a rest position and to bend the legs upward. The legs thereby are normally pressed flat against the back sheet of a paper stack at the working surface. The arms or toggles are lightweight whereby the inertia of a fast moving staple moves the arms or toggles.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: WORKTOOLS, INC.Inventor: JOEL S. MARKS
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Patent number: 8740032Abstract: An electric stapler (10) is disclosed as including a stapling head (12) with a driver (28), an intermediate magazine (14) for carrying staples each with two legs, a base part (16) carrying two anvils (44), cams (24), and eccentrically mounted wheels (52), in which the stapling head (12), intermediate magazine (14) and base part (16) are movable relative to one another, the eccentrically mounted wheels (52) are rotatable to move the stapling head (12) and intermediate magazine (14) relative to each other and relative to the base part (16) whereby the driver (28) of the stapling head (12) drives a staple away from the magazine (14), and the cams (24) are rotatable to move a movement transmission assembly (30) to move the anvils (44) to bend the legs of the staple.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Lee Tack Stationary Manufactory LimitedInventor: Kwok Ki Stephen Chan
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Publication number: 20140076954Abstract: An apparatus and methods for clinching nails into workpieces are provided. The apparatus can include a housing assembly including a driving assembly capable of driving a fastener. A nose piece can be arranged with the housing assembly and can define a fastener drive track. A clinching assembly can be arranged with the housing assembly and can include a movable anvil including an anvil tip portion. The movable anvil is capable of being moved into a position whereby the workpieces are held between the anvil tip portion and the nosepiece, while the anvil tip portion is operable to bend a fastener tip into one of the workpieces after being driven through the workpieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Keven E. Miller, Jonathan W. Fairbanks, Richard Waterman, Jared Rondeau, Paul M. Jacey
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Patent number: 8572827Abstract: This disclosure provides a tool or an apparatus that can be held and operated with one hand to attach a corner bead to an outside corner of drywall. In one example, the tool includes a frame, a pair of contact surfaces rigidly coupled to the frame, a handle pivotally attached to the frame, a pair of stapler units rigidly coupled to the frame, and a linkage mechanism comprising a pair of transmission arms and mechanically coupling the handle to the stapler units for translating a force displacing the handle from a first position into a controlled motion of the transmission arms, thereby triggering the stapler units to release fastening pieces.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Inventor: Kam Wa Chou
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Patent number: 8523039Abstract: A stapler is provided with a driver support part which supports an actuating mechanism of a driver; a clincher support part which is arranged apart from the driver support part in an up/down direction and to which a clincher is fixed; a positioning member provided in a vicinity of one of the clincher support part and the driver support part; a first positioning element provided on the positioning member; and a second positioning element provided on the one of the clincher support part and the driver support part. The driver support part and the clincher support part are simultaneously movable in a right/left direction by substantially the same amount. In cooperation with a clamping operation, the first positioning element and the second positioning element engage with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinpei Sugihara
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Patent number: 8371393Abstract: An electric stapler is operated by a paper bundle pinching step of relatively moving a table part and a driver unit and also pinching a paper bundle; a staple separation step of folding a staple into U-shape by a forming plate and also separating the folded U-shape staple from a staple sheet by moving a driver; a penetration step of penetrating legs of the staple into the paper bundle by further moving the driver; a clinch step of inward folding the legs by a clinch device; and a paper bundle releasing step. A relative movement of the table part and the driver unit, the forming plate, the driver, and the clinch device are powered by a single motor. A driving speed of the motor in the steps excluding the penetration step and the clinch step is slower than the driving speed of the motor in the penetration step and the clinch step.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Higuchi, Masashi Shimamura
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Publication number: 20130032624Abstract: A stapler includes a driver mechanism and a clincher mechanism. The clincher mechanism includes a base, a clincher resiliently supported on the base such that the clincher is biased toward the driver mechanism, and a clincher guide having a guide portion configured to guide a movement of the clincher. The guide portion has an inner peripheral surface that forms a through hole extending through the clincher guide and surrounds an outer periphery of the clincher. The inner peripheral surface has recessed surface portions extending from a surface of the clincher guide facing the driver mechanism, such that a gap is provided between the clincher and the recessed surface portions. The recessed surface portions are formed at locations corresponding to portions of the clincher where distal ends of the leg portions of the staple hit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki YAGI, Futoshi KAMEDA
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Patent number: 8365970Abstract: An electric stapler includes: a driver for driving leg portions of a staple having a U-shaped section to penetrate the leg portions through a paper bundle; a table including a clincher for bending and forming the penetrated leg portions inwardly, the table for holding the paper bundle between the driver and the table; a motor for moving the table and the driver; a photo sensor for detecting an existence of the paper bundle inserted into a gap between the table and the driver; and a control portion for driving the motor. The photo sensor is disposed on the table in such a manner that a detection point of the photo sensor for detecting the paper bundle exists upwardly of a disposing position of the clincher by inclining an optical axis direction of a radiation light to be emitted from the photo sensor in a direction of the clincher.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomokazu Matsui, Nobuaki Yagi, Futoshi Kameda, Yoshio Chigira
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Publication number: 20130008935Abstract: A fastener detection system detects a fastener striking an anvil. The fastener detection system comprises a first anvil section having a first conductive work surface that receives a first leg of the fastener during a fastening operation, and a second anvil section having a second conductive work surface that receives a second leg of the fastener during the fastening operation. The second conductive work surface is electrically isolated from the first conductive work surface of the first anvil section. A first conductor electrically couples the first conductive work surface to a detection circuit, and a second conductor electrically couples the second conductive work surface to the detection circuit. The detection circuit identifies that the fastening operation has occurred by electrically sensing continuity between the first conductive work surface of the first anvil section and the second conductive work surface of the second anvil section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: ADVANCED ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Steven Brusaw, Patrick Croskey, William Filbrandt, Thai Ho, Martin Luers, Paul Settimo
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Patent number: 8348121Abstract: A staple leg cutting mechanism includes a fixed cutter interposed between staple legs penetrated through binding sheets and a pair of movable cutters disposed movable from the outside of the staple legs to the inside thereof, and a clincher mechanism that includes a pair of movable clinchers, respectively disposed on the lower surface side of their associated movable cutters. The staple legs penetrated through the binding sheets are formed in an inwardly curved manner by the movable clinchers and are then guided into and between the movable cutters and fixed cutter. The movable cutters are moved from the outside of the staple legs to the inside thereof to cut the leading end portions of the staple legs, and the staple legs are bent along the binding sheets by the movable clinchers.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Kishi, Toshio Shimizu, Kazuo Higuchi
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Publication number: 20130001269Abstract: A clincher unit is provided with a pair of clinchers for bending two legs of a staple; and a clincher driving mechanism for rotating and moving the clinchers in separating/contacting directions. The clincher driving mechanism moves the pair of clinchers in an approaching direction each other, as a movement of starting to bend the legs of the staple having penetrated the sheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira AOKI, Takuya Kubota
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Patent number: 8261957Abstract: Immediately after a clinch lever causes a clinch link to clinch the leg of a staple which penetrates sheets of paper to be stapled, a pressure by the clinch lever with respect to the clincher link is temporarily reduced by a pressure reducing unit. Therefore, a clincher moves down in a state where the clincher still receives the press-contacting force from a driver plate. Accordingly, the looseness occurs between the driver plate and the clincher link. A fixing plate becomes easy to draw out as much as the looseness. If the fixing plate is set to be drawn out at this timing, it can be simply drawn out to be moved to the initial position.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuaki Yagi
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Publication number: 20120175397Abstract: The present invention relates to a kind of flat-clinch stapler comprising a staple pressing device, a staple magazine device, a base and a staple flat-clinching device whereas the staple flat-clinching device comprises a movable platform a movable platform supporting block, a movable platform position fixing block and a spring; and also comprising a push arm whereas the push arm comprises an upper fulcrum, a middle fulcrum, a blocking part, and a lower push arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: COSIMEX (H.K.) LIMITEDInventor: Koc-Sing CO
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Patent number: 8079505Abstract: A stapler comprises an upper assembly for driving a staple through a stack of papers to be bound, and a lower assembly with a staple anvil for clinching the staples only after the staples are completely driven through the papers. The staple anvil is kept clear of the effort to drive in the staples by a risen table that is allowed to drop around the staple anvil in a second stage of operation. The upper assembly and a handle for the user are provided that are arranged to give the user a 2:1 mechanical advantage with a lever arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Tungk Yung International LimitedInventor: Chan Siu Leung
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Patent number: 8025199Abstract: The present invention, in accordance with various embodiments thereof, relates to a surgical device for at least one of cutting and stapling a section of tissue. The surgical device includes a housing including at least two drivers. The surgical device also includes an anvil mechanically attachable to the housing and moveable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The first driver operates to move the anvil relative to the housing to an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The second driver operates to move at least a portion of the housing relative to the anvil between the intermediate position and the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2004Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LPInventors: Michael P. Whitman, David A. Nicholas