379results about "Staples" patented technology

Systems and subsystems for cutting and stapling tissue are disclosed. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to systems, devices, and subsystems for attachments for robotic surgeries. The surgical instrument is a robotic attachment including a roll subsystem. The roll subsystem comprises a rotatable shaft having a longitudinal axis, a roll input puck engageable with a roll robotic output, a worm gear coupled to and rotatable by the roll input puck, and a worm follower coupled to the rotatable shaft. Rotation of the roll input puck causes the worm gear to rotate the worm follower and thereby roll the rotatable shaft about its longitudinal axis.

An orthopedic implant system can be used to fixate two bones (e.g., to portions of a single bone) relative to each other during a surgical procedure. In some configurations, the implant system includes a staple having at least two legs separated by a bridge. The staple can include at least two couplings on either side of the bridge accessible through a top surface of the staple connectable to two corresponding coupling shafts. The coupling shafts can attach through the top surface of the staple without extending below an underside of the staple. The coupling shafts can be used to bias the at least two legs of the staple away from each other for insertion into holes formed into two bones. By attaching the coupling shafts through the top of the staple, the staple can be inserted flush with the two bones before releasing the shafts.

A surgical instrument including a power assist device, and its method of use for deploying surgical fasteners, is disclosed. The surgical instrument may include a handle, an elongated shaft extending from the handle, and a surgical fastener deployment system including a driveshaft. The driveshaft is actuatable between at least a first proximal position and a second distal position. A striker is movable relative to the driveshaft and an impact surface is associated with the driveshaft. The impact surface is constructed and arranged to be struck by the striker member to displace the driveshaft to the second distal position and deploy the surgical fastener.

Medical device bending devices and methods of use are disclosed herein. An embodiment includes a body, a handle in rotatable relationship with the body, and a head that is coupled with the handle in such a way that when the handle is rotated the head is drawn at least partially into the body and towards the handle. A terminal end of the body that is opposite of the handle and the head cooperate as a vise that bends opposing arms of a surgical staple from an inwardly angled configuration to a parallel configuration (or at angles therebetween) when a crown of the surgical staple is clamped in the vise.

A method for bone fixation using a compression staple system may include loading a compression staple including legs into an inserter, positioning a drill guide proximate first and second bone portions, using the drill guide and a drill to create a first and second hole in the first and second bone portions, wherein the first and second holes may be configured to receive the legs of the staple, using the drill guide and a first and second drill pin, driving the first and second drill pins into the first and second bone portions, withdrawing the drill guide and leaving the drill pins in the first and second bone portions, guiding the inserter and the staple over the first and second drill pins, inserting the legs of the staple into the first and second holes, actuating the inserter to release the staple, withdrawing the inserter, and removing the drill pins.

A fastener has enhanced visibility by a fluorescent material coating applied to recessed surfaces formed in a strike surface of the head of the fastener. The fluorescent material coating on the recessed surface is protected by the raised strike surface of the fastener from being impacted by a tool and worn or chipped from the fastener. The fluorescent material of the coating will fluoresce when exposed to ultraviolet radiation light thereby enhancing the visibility of the fastener.

A surgical stapler that can deliver staples or anchors into both tendon and bone. The staples or anchors releasably engage to the end of a staple rod. The stapler rod includes a butterfly clip on its proximal end, the butterfly clip having two wings or panels and a striking surface between the wings. The stapler is used to secure a biological construct to tendon or bone during arthroscopic surgery. The device includes a stapler handle with an insertable staple rod. The stapler handle drives the staple rod to advance a staple into the bone or tendon.

Provided is a double-side fixing assembly which can hold heat insulation and sound insulation materials and the like on the two sides of a frame and the like of an aircraft respectively, can reduce assembling and disassembling resistance and can restrain damage during disassembling. The fixing nail is provided with a positioning blocking piece, a clamping tongue piece, a first conical tooth and a second conical tooth, the first conical tooth is located on one side of the positioning blocking piece, the outer diameter is smaller when the first conical tooth is closer to one side, the clamping tongue piece is located on the other side of the positioning blocking piece and can elastically deform in the radial direction, and the clamping tongue piece is located between the first conical tooth and the second conical tooth from the other side to one side; the second conical tooth is located on the other side of the clamping tongue piece, and the outer diameter of the second conical tooth is smaller when the second conical tooth is closer to the other side of the clamping tongue piece; the first gasket is provided with a first pawl part which is provided with a first pawl and can elastically deform in the radial direction to enable the first pawl to be clamped with or separated from the axial end face of the first bevel gear; and the second gasket is provided with a second pawl part which is provided with a second pawl and can elastically deform in the radial direction to enable the second pawl to be clamped with or separated from the axial end face of the second bevel gear.

The present invention relates to a screw having a first external thread which is intended for being screwed into an internal thread, wherein the internal thread has a nominal diameter D, a thread angle α, a minor diameter D1 and a thread depth H1, wherein the screw is composed of a metallic core element and a coating which covers the core element at least in the region of the thread and is made of an electrically insulating material.

A surgical instrument is disclosed and comprises a handle; an elongated shaft extending distally from the handle; and a fastener deployment system for deploying fasteners from the elongated shaft. The fastener deployment system includes a driveshaft disposed within the elongated shaft and the driveshaft includes an internal channel adapted and arranged to contain at least one fastener. A cross-section of the internal channel within a distal portion of the driveshaft includes at least one flat portion that forms at least one guide surface. A plurality of slots are formed in the distal portion of the driveshaft to form a flexible portion of the driveshaft corresponding to an articulable portion of the elongated shaft and, at least a portion of internal channel including the cross-section with at least one flat portion is disposed within the flexible portion of the driveshaft.

The present invention is directed to a hand-held surgical device, operable by a single user, for deploying fasteners to close a wound or incision in tissue. The device includes tissue pinching and folding members operably controlled by the user during actuation of a trigger of the device, which can temporarily secure and expose inner surfaces of two edges of an incision or wound, where one of a plurality of fasteners can be inserted upon further actuation of the trigger, without crushing or causing undue trauma to the tissue.

An orthopedic implant system includes an insertion instrument having an actuator and a retention mechanism. The implant system also includes an orthopedic staple implant configured to releasably couple with the retention mechanism of the insertion instrument and, upon actuation of the actuator, decouple from the insertion instrument. Also disclosed is a surgical instrument having an upper portion and a lower portion that is integral with the upper portion. The lower portion includes an actuator extending laterally and a pair of retainers extending from the lower portion. Each retainer has a substantially curved geometry with the curvature pointing toward a midline of the instrument. An orthopedic staple implant is also disclosed that has a bridge and a pair of legs extending from a bottom surface of the bridge. Each of the legs includes a texture or gripping configuration disposed on an inner surface of the leg.

Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of implantable prostheses, and particularly to a repair system for annulus tissue, which comprises a plurality of first repair devices, a plurality of second repair devices, a sheath and a plurality of locking wire devices. The repair system for annulus tissue provided by embodiments of the present application can precisely repair the position of annulus tissue in need of repair by screwing the anchor into the position of annulus tissue in need of repair, and the anchor screwed into the annulus tissue is not easy to be separated from the annulus tissue, which can increase the reliability of the fixed connection between the anchor and the annulus tissue, thereby facilitating to ensure the effect of repairing the annulus tissue; and the anchor is connected with the posterior leaflet by the first repair device and connected with the anterior leaflet by the second repair device, so as to meet the need of the reliability of the fixed connection between the anchor and the anterior leaflet of the annulus tissue and the posterior leaflet of the annulus tissue, thereby facilitating to ensure the effect of repairing the annulus tissue.

The disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for making attachments to bone. Bone anchor systems use tools that have elongated shafts useful in arthroscopic or keyhole surgeries. In the bone anchor system, a tool is taken to the site once and used to both make the hole into the bone or tissue and simultaneously carry the anchor into the hole that is being made.

A continuous roll molding system and method are provided. The system and method may be for manufacturing parts and may include conveying a thermoplastic material through a sheet die to form a thermoplastic sheet material, conveying the thermoplastic sheet material through a calendering system, and conveying the thermoplastic sheet material through a continuous roll molder to form the thermoplastic sheet material into parts. Parts formed by the continuous roll molding system and method may include frangible cap strips.

The HA coating PEEK anchor with the expansion wings comprises an anchor body, the head of the anchor body is in a conical tip shape, the outer wall of the anchor body of the anchor body is provided with a barb structure, and the tail of the anchor body is provided with a fastening channel extending in the axial direction of the anchor body. A plurality of wing penetrating channels which penetrate through a rivet body and are communicated with the fastening channel are formed in the rivet body of the rivet body, expansion wings are movably installed in the wing penetrating channels, and ejection screws used for ejecting the expansion wings out of the wing penetrating channels are movably installed in the fastening channel. The outer surface of the anchor main body is coated with an HA coating; and the anchor main body, the expansion wings and the ejection screw are PEEK bodies. Expansion of the expansion wings can be achieved through axial movement of the ejection screw, and the expansion degree of the expansion wings can be increased by rotating the hexagonal driving part. On one hand, the fixing strength of the anchor is improved to a great extent, and on the other hand, the anchor can be suitable for different bone conditions and is particularly suitable for patients with osteoporosis or undetailed bone conditions to a great extent.

A pivot actuator includes a housing, a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the housing, a piston within the housing and configured to engage the drive shaft so that movement of the piston along a longitudinal axis of the housing causes the drive shaft to pivot in a first direction about a drive axis within a first pivot angle to a first end position, a first stop element configured to adjustably select the first end position, and a switching cam configured to be coupled to and pivot with the drive shaft about the drive axis. The switching cam includes a first disc having a first stop surface configured to contact the first stop element to limit rotation of the drive shaft in the first direction about the drive axis to the first end position, wherein the first stop surface includes a first convex stop surface.

The utility model relates to the technical field of noise reduction nails, in particular to a hollow shock absorption and noise reduction nail structure. The hollow shock absorption and noise reduction nail structure comprises a nail body, an inner cavity is formed in the nail body, and a nail cap is installed at the tail of the nail body in a sliding connection mode. An inner cavity formed in the nail body is filled with metal sand and is provided with a steel ball, and the metal sand is distributed in the inner cavity on the two sides of the steel ball; a protruding part is arranged at the tail of the nail body, and a plurality of outwards-inclined inserting cavities distributed in an annular mode are formed in the protruding part. A plurality of annularly-distributed inserting pieces are fixedly embedded in the inner wall of the nail cap. According to the hollow shock-absorbing and noise-reducing nail structure, the nail cap is knocked by a hammer, so that the inserting column slides along the inner cavity and tightly compresses the metal sand, and the metal sand can be plastically deformed to absorb vibration energy, so that the metal sand on the two sides of the steel ball can be deformed and the impact amplitude on the steel ball is reduced; therefore, internal stress generated when the nail body is impacted is effectively reduced, and the effect of reducing noise generated when the nail body is knocked by a hammer is achieved.

A stainless steel mosquito nail belongs to the technical field of stainless steel nails. The single nail is of a whole-body non-nail-cap structure, the upper end and the lower end of the single nail are each provided with a V-shaped tip, in the installation process, the single nail can be directly installed in an air nail gun without distinguishing the front face and the back face, due to the non-nail-cap design, tiny nail holes can be reserved when panel materials are driven, the nail holes can be covered by directly spraying paint, and hole patching and leveling work is omitted; the efficiency is improved; due to the design of the V-shaped tip, the mosquito nails can be conveniently nailed into the panel, and the size of nail holes can be further reduced due to the fact that the single nails are thin.

A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.

The application provides a kind of extrusion nail and its assembly for orthopedics, which is applied to the technical field of orthopedic surgical instruments.The extrusion nail adopts a threadless structure and is composed of a nail body, a barb and an extrusion groove, and can be adapted to different length bone tunnels through the head-to-tail matching of multiple nails.The assembly includes an execution end and an impact handle, which can provide linear impact force to realize the linear implantation of the extrusion nail.The application replaces the rotary screwing with linear advancement, fundamentally avoiding the shearing and torsional injury of ligaments, and has the advantages of precise implantation, convenient operation and stable fixation, which meets the clinical needs of orthopedic ligament reconstruction surgery and improves the safety of surgery and the quality of postoperative healing.

A refill includes: a bottom wall; a first side wall; a second side wall; and a front wall in which a discharge opening is formed. The first side wall includes, in a part thereof in a stacking direction, a first inclined wall extending in a coupling direction of staples and inclined in an axial direction. The second side wall includes, in a part thereof in the stacking direction, a second inclined wall extending in the coupling direction of the staples and inclined in the axial direction. The first inclined wall and the second inclined wall are inclined in the same direction, and at least a part of the first inclined wall and at least a part of the second inclined wall are formed at the same height from a bottom surface of the bottom wall in the stacking direction.

A fastener cap includes a body having a top edge, a bottom edge, and side edges. The body has a thickness between 0.01 inches and 0.05 inches and protrusions extending from the body. Webs extend from the protrusions with each web extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of protrusions by a distance between 0.003 and 0.009 inches and each of the webs having a width between 0.008 and 0.014 inches. The fastener caps are coupled together by the webs in a continuous strip or roll. A roll of fastener caps includes a core-less design with a central opening bounded by three of the fastener caps in the roll. The reduced thickness of each cap and the core-less design increase the number of caps per roll. A method of manufacturing the caps allows for continuous production of a single and integral strip of interconnected caps.

Procedures may be performed on the heart after the installation of a mitral valve fixation device. In order to prepare the heart for such procedures, the fixation device may be removed or disabled in minimally invasive ways (e.g., through an endovascular procedure), without requiring open access to the heart. The fixation device may be partitioned so that one portion may remain attached to each leaflet of the mitral valve. In another example, the leaflets may be cut along the edges of the distal element(s) of the fixation device, so as to cut the fixation device from the leaflet(s). Systems and devices for performing such procedures endovascularly are disclosed. Fixation devices with improved access to a release harness are also disclosed.