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Elongated-member-driving apparatus March listing by industry category 03/12

20120074194 - Fastening tool: A fastening tool includes an actuation device configured to actuate a drive engine of the tool to initiate a drive stroke. The actuation device includes a contact trip assembly operatively connected to the movable portion of the nose assembly. The contact trip assembly a lower contact arm connected to the... Agent: Stanley Fastening Systems, Lp

20120074195 - Driving unit for an electric nail gun: A driving unit for an electric nail gun includes a pushing block. The pushing block is movable relative to a supporting bracket of the electric nail gun along an axis, and has an inclined surface abutting against an end of a swing arm. Movement of the pushing block results in... Agent: Basso Industry Corp.

20120074196 - Accessing data stored in a memory of a surgical instrument: A process and system are disclosed for downloading sensor data, stored in a memory device of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument, to an external or remote computer device. The process may involve storing data from one or more sensors of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument in a memory... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

20120074197 - Surgical stapling apparatus with powered articulation: The surgical stapling apparatus includes a handle assembly, an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly, and an articulation mechanism for articulating a tool assembly. The articulation mechanism includes a first gear rotatably mounted on a transmission shaft and configured to engage a second gear, a clutch interconnecting the... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120074198 - Staple cartridge: A staple cartridge can comprise a plurality of staples positioned within a cartridge body, wherein the cartridge body can comprise a tissue-contacting deck and a plurality of ridges extending from the tissue-contacting deck. The ridges can be configured to prevent, or reduce the possibility of, tissue from moving relative to... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

20120074199 - Crimp and release of suture holding buttress material: A mechanism is provided for crimping and releasing a suture securing a strip of buttress material to an end effector. The mechanism includes a retention member movably mounted within the end effector. The retention member is movable from a first position crimping the suture to the end effector to a... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120074200 - Surgical instrument with selectively articulatable end effector: A surgical instrument that has an articulatable end effector. The instrument includes an articulation system that has a rotatable actuator member that interfaces with an articulation transmission. Rotation of the actuator member in a first rotary direction about an actuation axis causes at least one articulation member to articulate the... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

20120074201 - Surgical instrument with trigger assembly for generating multiple actuation motions: A surgical instrument that has an actuation system that is configured to generate at least two separate actuation motions. A clutch assembly is movable between an engaged position wherein the clutch assembly is in operable engagement with the actuation system and an unengaged position. In various forms, the surgical instrument... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

20120074202 - Surgical stapler with angled feeder belts: An exemplary surgical staple may include a staple holder including an upper surface with two substantially-planar angled surfaces positioned lateral to and angled relative to each other; staple channels within the staple holder, each opening to a corresponding angled surface; at least one feeder belt extending into the staple holder;... Agent: Cardica, Inc.

20120067934 - Nailing gun: A nailing gun includes a swing arm having a first end pivoted to a frame, and a second end movable between a first position proximate to a flywheel to drive a hammer rod to hit a nail, and a second position distal from the flywheel. A spring plate has a... Agent: Basso Industry Corp.

20120067935 - Pneumatic nailing machine with a winding air channel for exhaust: A pneumatic nailing machine includes a striking cylinder accommodated in a main housing to permit a piston and driver assembly to be moved for driving a nail when compressed air is supplied into the cylinder. A valve member is movable relative to the cylinder between an air-supplying position and an... Agent: Basso Industry Corp.

20120067936 - Interlocking buttress material retention system: A surgical stapler is provided having a pair of jaws including a staple containing cartridge and an anvil. Buttress material is releasable affixed to the staple containing cartridge and the anvil. One of the jaws includes a pair of longitudinal projections at a first end of the jaw and configured... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120067937 - Internal gastric bander for obesity: A non-surgical gastric bander device and process is described. The non-surgical gastric bander device includes a staple device, an elongated articulated shaft, an operations handle and a cable connecting the operations handle to the staple device. The staple device includes a housing having an interior housing channel for receiving a... Agent:

20120061442 - Gas-combustion coiled strip nail driving device: The present invention discloses a gas-combustion coiled strip nail driving device including a housing and a nose assembly. The housing mounts therein a cylinder head, a movable sleeve, a cylinder block, and a piston assembly arranged inside the cylinder block. The cylinder head, the movable sleeve, and the cylinder block... Agent:

20120061443 - Power tool with an automatic nail-feeding mechanism: An automatic nail-feeding mechanism for a power tool having a striking assembly having a striking rod movable in a linear reciprocating manner feeds a nail to be struck to a front end of the striking rod. The automatic nail-feeding mechanism has a driving part movable between a first position and... Agent: Chervon (hk) Limited

20120061444 - Labor-saving stapler: A labor-saving stapler of the present invention includes a base, a press arm, a transmission arm, a connection arm, a magazine, a staple pusher, a moving means, a buckling means and a switching means. The magazine is slidably disposed between the connection arm and the base. The moving means moves... Agent:

20120061445 - Pneumatic tool having a passage unit: A pneumatic tool includes: a body; a pneumatic driving unit disposed in the body for performing pneumatically a fastener-driving operation; a trigger valve unit disposed on the body and adapted for controlling flow of air into the pneumatic driving unit and out of the body; and a passage unit formed... Agent: Basso Industry Corp.

20120061447 - Method and apparatus for forming stoma trephines and anastomoses: The present invention relates to a stapler apparatus, comprising a stapler having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis, the stapler further comprising a trigger, an anvil docking pin aligned substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the stapler, and a stapling means, the anvil docking pin... Agent: Frankenman International Limited

20120061446 - Method for treating tissue with an articulated surgical instrument: One example of a surgical method of treating tissue within the body of a patient may include providing a surgical instrument that includes a handle; a shaft extending from the handle, an end effector connected to the shaft, where the shaft includes a lumen defined therethrough and an articulated region;... Agent: Cardica, Inc.

20120061448 - Surgical stapling head assembly with firing lockout for a surgical stapler: In various embodiments, a surgical stapling head is provided that may comprise a staple cartridge for supporting one or more staples, a core movable relative to the staple cartridge, at least one staple driver extending from the core, and a casing configured to at least partially hold the staple cartridge... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

20120061449 - Device and method for delivering shape-memory staples: Some embodiments relate to a device for delivering shape-memory staples. The device comprises a grippable portion comprising a first actuator; and a delivery portion coupled to the grippable portion. The delivery portion comprises retention walls for retaining the staples within the delivery portion in an elastically deformed configuration and release... Agent: Endogene Pty Ltd.

20120061450 - Surgical instrument: A surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument includes a housing. The surgical instrument includes an elongated portion extending distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. An end effector operably couples to the elongated portion. A first pivoting member pivotably couples to a distal end of the elongated... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120055971 - Staple drive assembly: A staple drive assembly includes an actuation sled and at least one staple pusher. The staple drive assembly is adapted to fit within a staple cartridge having a plurality of staples and a corresponding number of retention slots. The at least one staple pusher includes at least one pusher plate... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120055972 - Surgical retraction mechanism: A retraction mechanism has been developed for use with a hand held surgical apparatus. The retraction mechanism includes a motor, a first speed reducing mechanism, a clutch mechanism incorporating a second speed reducing mechanism, and a shaft. The first speed reducing mechanism is configured to be driven by a motor.... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120055973 - Surgical instrument with pivotable jaw member: A surgical instrument for surgically joining tissue is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, an elongated portion extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, and an end effector disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion. The end effector includes a first jaw... Agent:

20120055974 - Surgical stapling apparatus: A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The distal end of the elongated body is adapted to engage a disposable loading unit. A control rod having a proximal end operatively... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20120048909 - Fastener assembly: A fastener assembly includes an elongate fastener, and a support collar mounted on the elongate fastener. The support collar is shaped such that it has profiles on opposite sides of the elongate fastener that are asymmetric with respect to each other. The asymmetry may be an asymmetry in the number,... Agent: Black & Decker Inc.

20120048910 - Combined severing and stapling device: An apparatus includes grasping ends movable between an open position to a closed position and a shaft coupled to the grasping ends. The apparatus also includes a handle coupled to the shaft and configured to cause the grasping ends to move from between the open and closed positions and a... Agent: Vascularvations

20120048911 - Knife/firing rod connection for surgical instrument: A surgical instrument including a frame, an elongate portion, a firing rod and an end effector is disclosed. The elongate portion extends distally from the frame and defines a longitudinal axis. The firing rod is disposed at least partially with the elongate portion and is proximally and distally translatable with... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp