Flexible surgical stapler

Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a flexible surgical stapler showing my new design, an intermediate portion of the flexible connecting cable being broken away and omitted for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear end elevational view thereof, as taken along lines 5--5 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front end elevational view thereof, as taken along lines 6--6 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is another rear end elevational view thereof in partial cross-section, taken along lines 7--7 of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 8 is another front end elevational view taken along lines 8--8 of FIG. 1.

Claims

The ornamental design for a flexible surgical stapler, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Spreckelmeier; Lawrence E. (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee:	Senmed, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
Appl. No.:	06/581,681
Filed:	February 21, 1984

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Current U.S. Class:	D24/145
Field of Search:	;D8/49-50 ;D24/26,27 ;227/DIG.1,19

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

D272852	February 1984	Green
D273041	March 1984	Noiles et al.
D273170	March 1984	Sato
3017637	January 1962	Sampson
3638652	February 1972	Kelley
4111206	September 1978	Vishnevsky
4422567	December 1983	Haynes
4473077	September 1984	Noiles et al.
4485817	December 1984	Swiggett

Primary Examiner: Word; George P.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wood, Herron & Evans