SURGICAL FASTENERS, APPLICATORS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING SURGICAL FASTENERS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B17/64 A61B17/128 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine. An applicator for delivering surgical fasteners comprises a body, an elongated shaft, an ejective rod integrated into the elongated shaft and movable in the first plane between a retracted position and a projected position. The elongated shaft comprises a feed element movable in the second plane between the retracted position and the projected position, and an aligner used to align the surgical fasteners with a distal end of the ejective rod. The aligner is retained below the second plane by the feed element, when the feed element is found in the projected position. The aligner is configured to move into a position of at least partial alignment with the distal end of the ejective rod, when the feed element is found in the retracted position.

EFFECT: structural improvement.

27 cl, 29 dwg