Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Articulating apparatus for applying surgical fasteners to body tissue Image Number 5 for United States Patent #5901895. Apparatus for applying surgical fasteners to body tissue which includes a body having a proximal portion defining a central longitudinal axis and an articulating distal portion; a fastener cartridge containing at least one surgical fastener therein and positionable in the articulating distal portion; an anvil mounted adjacent the fastener cartridge and defining a fastener forming surface against which surgical fasteners are formed when ejected from the fastener cartridge; a fastener driving mechanism operatively associated with the fastener cartridge and actuatable from the handle to eject the at least one fastener from the fastener cartridge; a link member having a distal portion offset from the body central longitudinal axis and pivotably connected to the articulating distal portion at a point spaced from the body central longitudinal axis, the link member being movable between a proximal-most position to move the distal portion to an articulated condition away from the central longitudinal axis on a first side of the body and a distal-most position to move the distal portion to an articulated condition away from the central longitudinal axis on a second side of the body; and a control lever connected to the link member and pivotable about a point located along the body central longitudinal axis between a first position corresponding to the proximal-most position of the link member and a second position corresponding to the distal-most position of the link member.       Recently Added Patents Injection locked frequency divider and PLL circuit System for differential determination of a proteolytic enzyme level in a bodily fluid Constant speed control method for vehicle and device thereof Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication method and apparatus using the same High-voltage terminal assembly with integral high-voltage interlock Core training bench Constant volume pressure compensator   Randomly Featured Patents Golf club head Turbine support structure Broadcast reception system, mobile terminal and server Method and arrangement for transmitting characters Decorative tape dispensing and applying apparatus Content receiving apparatus and method, storage medium, and server Low noise Gilbert Multiplier Cells and quadrature modulators Garden tool Remotely fed module PLL frequency synthesizer circuit © 2006-2008 PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.