CA2549209A1 - Multiple coil staple and staple applier - Google Patents
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Abstract
A multiple coil staple is provided which includes a backspan and a pair of spaced legs.
The backspan includes one or more pockets configured to induce coiling of the legs of the staple.
A multiple coil staple applier is also provided which includes a pusher having a distal face defining a staple engagement surface and one or more staple deforming pockets.
Each staple deforming pocket is configured to induce coiling of the legs of a staple. The multiple coil staple and staple applier facilitate joining of tissues having wider ranges of thicknesses using a single size staple.
The backspan includes one or more pockets configured to induce coiling of the legs of the staple.
A multiple coil staple applier is also provided which includes a pusher having a distal face defining a staple engagement surface and one or more staple deforming pockets.
Each staple deforming pocket is configured to induce coiling of the legs of a staple. The multiple coil staple and staple applier facilitate joining of tissues having wider ranges of thicknesses using a single size staple.
Description
MULTIPLE COIL STAPLE AND STAPLE APPLIER
Background Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a fastener and a fastener applier. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a staple and/or staple applier with structure for curling or coiling staple legs to facilitate joining of tissues having varying thicknesses.
Background Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a fastener and a fastener applier. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a staple and/or staple applier with structure for curling or coiling staple legs to facilitate joining of tissues having varying thicknesses.
2. Background of Related Art Surgical staples and stapling instruments are well known in the surgical arts and have become critical to many life saving surgical procedures. The use of stapling instruments for applying staples to join tissue or tissue segments in a fast and efficient manner has obviated the time consuming step of manually suturing tissue or tissue segments in these surgical procedures, e.g., anastomoses procedures. The reduced time required to perform these surgical procedures using surgical stapling instruments has resulted in reduced trauma and risk to patients.
Typically, a surgical staple includes a backspan and a pair of spaced legs.
The legs are driven through tissue and into an anvil to deform the staple into a desired configuration, e.g., B-staple, to effect hemostasis of tissue or tissue segments. One problem associated with known staples and staple appliers is that the staples are dimensioned or sized to fasten tissue segments of a given tissue thickness or fasten tissue segments within a predetermined narrow range of thicknesses. Neither the staple nor the staple applier is adapted to deform or reconfigure a staple to facilitate effective hemostatis of tissues having thicknesses outside the predetermined range for a particular size staple.
Accordingly, a continuing need exists in the field of surgery for a surgical staple and/or staple applier which can adapt or reconfigure a surgical staple in a manner which is suitable for use in fastening tissue having a wider range of thicknesses.
SUMMARY
In accordance with the present disclosure, a multiple coil staple is provided which includes a backspan having a top surface and a bottom surface and first and second spaced legs.
The first leg extends downwardly from one end.of the backspan and the second leg extends downwardly from the other end of the backspan. The bottom surface of the backspan includes one or more pockets positioned to receive the first and second legs of the staple after the first and second legs of the staple have been deformed. The one or more pockets is configured to induce coiling of the first and second legs. In one embodiment, the one or more pockets includes a first pocket positioned to receive the first leg of the staple and a second pocket positioned to receive the second leg of the staple.
The first and second pockets can be configured to induce helical coiling of the first and second legs, respectively. In one embodiment, the first pocket is configured to induce helical coiling in a first direction and the second pocket is configured to induce helical coiling in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The backspan can include an area of increased width to accommodate the one or more pockets.
A multiple coil staple applier is also disclosed which includes a housing defining a staple slot, a staple positioned within the staple slot and having a backspan and a pair of spaced legs, and a pusher dimensioned to be slidably received within the staple slot. The pusher has a distal end having a distal face which defines a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of the staple and at one or more staple deforming pockets. The one or more staple deforming pockets are configured to induce coiling of the staple legs. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets. The first and second staple deforming pockets can be configured to induce helical coiling of the staple legs. In one embodiment, the first staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the first staple leg in a first direction and the second staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the second staple leg in a second direction opposite the first direction.
The staple engagement surface and the one or more staple deforming pockets can be laterally offset from each other.
In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets positioned on one side of the staple engagement surface. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets positioned on opposite sides of the staple engagement surface. Each of the first and second staple deforming pockets can be configured to induce helical coiling of the staple legs.
In one embodiment, the first staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the first staple leg in a first direction and the second staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the second staple leg in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Typically, a surgical staple includes a backspan and a pair of spaced legs.
The legs are driven through tissue and into an anvil to deform the staple into a desired configuration, e.g., B-staple, to effect hemostasis of tissue or tissue segments. One problem associated with known staples and staple appliers is that the staples are dimensioned or sized to fasten tissue segments of a given tissue thickness or fasten tissue segments within a predetermined narrow range of thicknesses. Neither the staple nor the staple applier is adapted to deform or reconfigure a staple to facilitate effective hemostatis of tissues having thicknesses outside the predetermined range for a particular size staple.
Accordingly, a continuing need exists in the field of surgery for a surgical staple and/or staple applier which can adapt or reconfigure a surgical staple in a manner which is suitable for use in fastening tissue having a wider range of thicknesses.
SUMMARY
In accordance with the present disclosure, a multiple coil staple is provided which includes a backspan having a top surface and a bottom surface and first and second spaced legs.
The first leg extends downwardly from one end.of the backspan and the second leg extends downwardly from the other end of the backspan. The bottom surface of the backspan includes one or more pockets positioned to receive the first and second legs of the staple after the first and second legs of the staple have been deformed. The one or more pockets is configured to induce coiling of the first and second legs. In one embodiment, the one or more pockets includes a first pocket positioned to receive the first leg of the staple and a second pocket positioned to receive the second leg of the staple.
The first and second pockets can be configured to induce helical coiling of the first and second legs, respectively. In one embodiment, the first pocket is configured to induce helical coiling in a first direction and the second pocket is configured to induce helical coiling in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The backspan can include an area of increased width to accommodate the one or more pockets.
A multiple coil staple applier is also disclosed which includes a housing defining a staple slot, a staple positioned within the staple slot and having a backspan and a pair of spaced legs, and a pusher dimensioned to be slidably received within the staple slot. The pusher has a distal end having a distal face which defines a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of the staple and at one or more staple deforming pockets. The one or more staple deforming pockets are configured to induce coiling of the staple legs. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets. The first and second staple deforming pockets can be configured to induce helical coiling of the staple legs. In one embodiment, the first staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the first staple leg in a first direction and the second staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the second staple leg in a second direction opposite the first direction.
The staple engagement surface and the one or more staple deforming pockets can be laterally offset from each other.
In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets positioned on one side of the staple engagement surface. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets positioned on opposite sides of the staple engagement surface. Each of the first and second staple deforming pockets can be configured to induce helical coiling of the staple legs.
In one embodiment, the first staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the first staple leg in a first direction and the second staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the second staple leg in a second direction opposite the first direction.
A multiple coil staple is also disclosed which includes a backspan and first and second legs. The backspan has a top surface and a bottom surface wherein the bottom surface has one or more staple deforming pockets. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets. The backspan can includes an area of increased width to accommodate the one or more staple deforming pockets.
A staple pusher for use with a staple applier is also disclosed which includes a body having a distal end having a distal face. The distal face has a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of a staple and one or more staple deforming pockets configured to induce coiling of legs of a staple. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets.
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Various embodiments of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple are disclosed herein with reference to the drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side schematic view of a staple and staple applier;
FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of one embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple;
FIG. 2a is a side view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2 positioned through tissue of relatively large thickness;
FIG. 5 is a side view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2 positioned through tissue of relatively moderate thickness;
A staple pusher for use with a staple applier is also disclosed which includes a body having a distal end having a distal face. The distal face has a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of a staple and one or more staple deforming pockets configured to induce coiling of legs of a staple. In one embodiment, the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Various embodiments of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple are disclosed herein with reference to the drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a side schematic view of a staple and staple applier;
FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of one embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple;
FIG. 2a is a side view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2 positioned through tissue of relatively large thickness;
FIG. 5 is a side view of the multiple coil staple shown in FIG. 2 positioned through tissue of relatively moderate thickness;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged bottom view of the staple pockets of another embodiment of the multiple coil staple;
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the distal end of the pusher of one embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple applier.
FIG. 8 is a top view of a staple deformed by the multiple coil staple applier shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a side view of the staple shown in FIG. 8 positioned in tissue having a relatively large thickness;
FIG. 9a is a top view of the deformed staple shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 10 is a side view of the staple shown in FIG. 8 positioned in tissue having a relatively moderate thickness;
FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the distal end of the pusher of another embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple applier; and FIG. 12 is a top view of a staple deformed by the multiple coil staple applier shown in FIG. 11.
Embodiments of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple and/or staple applier will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings wherein like numerals designate identical or corresponding elements in each of the several views.
Referring to FIG. 1, a surgical stapler typically includes a housing 10, one or more staples 12 and an anvil 14 having a staple deforming surface 14a. Housing 10 which may be configured as a cartridge can include at least one staple receiving slot 16 dimensioned to slidably receive a staple 12. In many staplers, a pusher or driver 18 is slidably positioned within slot 16 behind a respective staple 12. An actuator (not shown) is provided to advance pusher 18 through slot 16 and eject staple 12 from an outlet side 20 of cartridge 10 into deforming surface or anvil pocket 14a of anvil 14. Deforming surface 14a can be configured to deform a staple into a desired configuration, e.g., a B-configuration.
Referring to FIGS. 2-4, in one embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple shown generally as 100, staple 100 includes a backspan 110 and a pair of spaced legs 112 and 114. Legs 112 and 114 each include a tip 112a and 114a. In one embodiment, tips 112a and 114a are tapered or angled inwardly to facilitate tissue penetration.
Alternately, other tip configurations to facilitate tissue penetration are envisioned, e.g., conical, tapered outwardly, no taper, etc.
As illustrated in FIG. 2a, legs 112 and 114 diverge slightly outwardly from each other.
Alternately, other staple configurations are envisioned such as where the legs are substantially parallel or converge inwardly. Legs 112 and 114 can have a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape. It is also envisioned that the cross-sectional shape of legs 112 and 114 can include other configurations including oval, circular, square, triangular, trapezoidal, etc. The staple may also be configured as a directionally biased staple such as that described in U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/972,594 filed November 5, 2001, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Referring to FIGS. 2-3, in one embodiment, backspan 110 includes a widened portion or area of increased width 120, i.e., a width greater than the remaining portion of backspan 110, having a top surface 120a and a bottom surface 120b. Bottom surface 120b includes one or more forming buckets or pockets 122 (FIG. 3). As used herein, the term forming pocket means any depression, recess, bucket, groove or the like configured to receive one or both staple legs to effect deformation of the staple legs. Forming pockets 122 are positioned and configured on backspan 110 to engage tips 112a and 114a of staple 100 during formation of staple 100 to induce curling or coiling of legs 112 and 114. It is envisioned that pockets 122 may be eliminated such that the leg tips engage the substantially flat bottom surface of backspan 1 I0.
Further, backspan 110 need not have a widened portion. Alternatively, forming pockets can be formed in the bottom surface of a normal sized backspan of a staple.
Referring to FIG. 4, when staple 100 is fired from a stapling instrument (not shown) through relatively thick tissue, legs 112 and 114 pass through tissue segments T~ and TZ and are curled upwardly by an anvil (see FIG. 1) of the stapling instrument towards bottom surface 120b of backspan 110. As illustrated in FIG. 4, because the tissue segments Tl and TZ are relatively thick, tissue segments T~ and T2 are approximated and hemostasis is effected by the time tips 112a and 114a engage or approach forming pockets 122. However, as illustrated in FIG. 5, where tissue segments T, and TZ are of moderate thickness, tips 112a and 114a engage pockets 122 during staple formation. Pockets 122 redirect or coil legs 112 and 114 downwardly. As a result, legs 112 and 114 are coiled, thus allowing backspan 110 to approach a tissue holding portion I30 of each of legs 112 and 114 to maintain approximation and effect hemostasis of tissue segments Ti and TZ, As used herein, the term "tissue holding portion"
refers to the portion of the staple legs which engages an outer surface of the tissue or tissue section opposite the backspan of the staple as the staple is deformed.
The configuration of pocket or pockets 122 can be modified to control the direction and/or shape of staple leg coiling. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the pitch or angle of the deforming surface of the one or more pockets 122' on bottom surface 120b' of backspan 110' can be changed to effect helical curling or coiling of legs 112 and 114 of staple 110. Other pocket configurations are envisioned to effect different types of staple leg deformation, e.g., the pitch of adjacent pockets 122 can be reversed to effect helical coiling of legs 112 and 114 in opposite directions.
FIG. 8 illustrates one embodiment of the presently disclosed pusher of a multiple coil staple applier (FIG. 1). In this embodiment, the location of the staple pockets has been moved from the staple to the staple pusher as will be described in detail below. As discussed with respect to FIG. 1 above, a staple applier typically includes a housing 10 defining a staple channel or slot 16, a pusher 18 and an anvil 14. In the presently disclosed staple applier, a pusher 214 is provided to drive a staple 218. Housing 10 can be configured as a cartridge housing to support one or more staples 218 or housing 10 can be configured as the portion of a surgical stapler which defines an ejection port for a surgical staple 218. Pusher 214 can be configured as the pushing element associated with a staple in a staple cartridge or the drive member of a surgical stapler.
Pusher 214 includes a proximal end 214a and a distal end 214b. Proximal end 214a is operably associated with the drive member (not shown) of a surgical stapler.
The drive member is actuable to advance pusher 214 along channel 16 (FIG. 1) to drive a staple 218 from housing IO into staple pockets 14a of anvil 14. Distal end 214b of pusher 214 has a distal face defining a staple engagement surface 220 (FIG. 7) and one or more pockets 222 configured to redirect staple legs 218b and 218c downwardly in a particular or desired direction.
Staple engagement surface 220 can be configured to engage the backspan 218a of staple 218, e.g., engagement surface 220 can include a concavity (not shown) for receiving a portion of backspan 218a of staple 218. In one embodiment, two pusher pockets 222 are provided on the distal face of distal end 214b of pusher 214. Pockets 222 are both laterally offset to one side of engagement surface 220.
In use, when pusher 214 is advanced within channel 16 (FIG. 1), staple 218 is pushed from channel 16 by pusher 214 such that legs 218b and 218c of staple 218 enter and are deflected upwardly and laterally by anvil pockets 14a. As legs 218b and 218c of staple 218 move upwardly, legs 218b and 218c enter pockets 222 of pusher 214 to deflect or curl legs downwardly back towards anvil 14. The combined effect of anvil pockets 14 and pusher pockets 222 curls or spirals staple legs 218b and 218c laterally of engagement surface 220 (see FIG. 9).
Referring to FIGS. 9, and 10, a staple applier including pusher 218 can be used to fasten tissue sections T, and TZ having relatively large thicknesses (FIG. 9) as well as tissue sections Tl and TZ having relatively small tissue thicknesses (FIG. 10). This is so because by curling legs 218b and 218c of staple 218, backspan 218a of staple 218 is able to approach tissue holding portions 230, of staple 218. That is, since tissue sections T~ and T2 are compressed between backspan 218a and holding portions 230 of the staple legs, and curling the staple legs changes the distance between backspan 218a and holding portions 230, varying tissue thicknesses can be fastened using a single size staple by curling the staple legs.
FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate an alternate embodiment of the pusher of the multiple coil staple applier shown in FIGS. 7-10. As shown in FIGS. 1 l and 12, distal end 314b of pusher 314 includes an engagement surface 326, a first staple pocket 322a laterally offset to one side of engagement surface 326 and a second staple pocket 322b which is laterally offset to the other side of engagement surface 326. Anvil pockets 14a of anvil 14 (FIG. 1) are configured to deflect staple leg 318b of staple 318 upwardly and laterally towards first staple pocket 322a and deflect staple leg 318c of staple 318 upwardly and towards second staple pocket 322b.
Pockets 322a and 322b of pusher 314 are positioned to receive staple legs 318b and 318c of staple 318 to curl leg 318b to one side of backspan 318a, and curl leg 318c to the other side of backspan 318a such as shown in FIG. 12.
The presently disclosed multiple coil staple andJor staple applier may be incorporated into known surgical stapling instruments including both open and endoscopic instruments and sequential, single, and multiple fire instruments. Examples of such instruments are disclosed in the following U.S. Patents which are incorporated into this application in their entirety by reference: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,045,560, 5,964,394, 5,894,979, 5,878,937, 5,915,616, 5,836,503, 5,865,361, 5,862,972, 5,817,109, 5,797,538 and 5,782,396. It is also envisioned that the presently disclosed embodiments of the multiple coil staple and/or staple applier could also be incorporated into robotically operated surgical staplers.
It will be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed herein. Therefore, the above description should not be construed as limiting, but merely as exemplifications of preferred embodiments. Those skilled in the art will envision other modifications within the scope and spirit of the claims appended hereto.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the distal end of the pusher of one embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple applier.
FIG. 8 is a top view of a staple deformed by the multiple coil staple applier shown in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a side view of the staple shown in FIG. 8 positioned in tissue having a relatively large thickness;
FIG. 9a is a top view of the deformed staple shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 10 is a side view of the staple shown in FIG. 8 positioned in tissue having a relatively moderate thickness;
FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the distal end of the pusher of another embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple applier; and FIG. 12 is a top view of a staple deformed by the multiple coil staple applier shown in FIG. 11.
Embodiments of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple and/or staple applier will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings wherein like numerals designate identical or corresponding elements in each of the several views.
Referring to FIG. 1, a surgical stapler typically includes a housing 10, one or more staples 12 and an anvil 14 having a staple deforming surface 14a. Housing 10 which may be configured as a cartridge can include at least one staple receiving slot 16 dimensioned to slidably receive a staple 12. In many staplers, a pusher or driver 18 is slidably positioned within slot 16 behind a respective staple 12. An actuator (not shown) is provided to advance pusher 18 through slot 16 and eject staple 12 from an outlet side 20 of cartridge 10 into deforming surface or anvil pocket 14a of anvil 14. Deforming surface 14a can be configured to deform a staple into a desired configuration, e.g., a B-configuration.
Referring to FIGS. 2-4, in one embodiment of the presently disclosed multiple coil staple shown generally as 100, staple 100 includes a backspan 110 and a pair of spaced legs 112 and 114. Legs 112 and 114 each include a tip 112a and 114a. In one embodiment, tips 112a and 114a are tapered or angled inwardly to facilitate tissue penetration.
Alternately, other tip configurations to facilitate tissue penetration are envisioned, e.g., conical, tapered outwardly, no taper, etc.
As illustrated in FIG. 2a, legs 112 and 114 diverge slightly outwardly from each other.
Alternately, other staple configurations are envisioned such as where the legs are substantially parallel or converge inwardly. Legs 112 and 114 can have a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape. It is also envisioned that the cross-sectional shape of legs 112 and 114 can include other configurations including oval, circular, square, triangular, trapezoidal, etc. The staple may also be configured as a directionally biased staple such as that described in U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/972,594 filed November 5, 2001, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
Referring to FIGS. 2-3, in one embodiment, backspan 110 includes a widened portion or area of increased width 120, i.e., a width greater than the remaining portion of backspan 110, having a top surface 120a and a bottom surface 120b. Bottom surface 120b includes one or more forming buckets or pockets 122 (FIG. 3). As used herein, the term forming pocket means any depression, recess, bucket, groove or the like configured to receive one or both staple legs to effect deformation of the staple legs. Forming pockets 122 are positioned and configured on backspan 110 to engage tips 112a and 114a of staple 100 during formation of staple 100 to induce curling or coiling of legs 112 and 114. It is envisioned that pockets 122 may be eliminated such that the leg tips engage the substantially flat bottom surface of backspan 1 I0.
Further, backspan 110 need not have a widened portion. Alternatively, forming pockets can be formed in the bottom surface of a normal sized backspan of a staple.
Referring to FIG. 4, when staple 100 is fired from a stapling instrument (not shown) through relatively thick tissue, legs 112 and 114 pass through tissue segments T~ and TZ and are curled upwardly by an anvil (see FIG. 1) of the stapling instrument towards bottom surface 120b of backspan 110. As illustrated in FIG. 4, because the tissue segments Tl and TZ are relatively thick, tissue segments T~ and T2 are approximated and hemostasis is effected by the time tips 112a and 114a engage or approach forming pockets 122. However, as illustrated in FIG. 5, where tissue segments T, and TZ are of moderate thickness, tips 112a and 114a engage pockets 122 during staple formation. Pockets 122 redirect or coil legs 112 and 114 downwardly. As a result, legs 112 and 114 are coiled, thus allowing backspan 110 to approach a tissue holding portion I30 of each of legs 112 and 114 to maintain approximation and effect hemostasis of tissue segments Ti and TZ, As used herein, the term "tissue holding portion"
refers to the portion of the staple legs which engages an outer surface of the tissue or tissue section opposite the backspan of the staple as the staple is deformed.
The configuration of pocket or pockets 122 can be modified to control the direction and/or shape of staple leg coiling. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the pitch or angle of the deforming surface of the one or more pockets 122' on bottom surface 120b' of backspan 110' can be changed to effect helical curling or coiling of legs 112 and 114 of staple 110. Other pocket configurations are envisioned to effect different types of staple leg deformation, e.g., the pitch of adjacent pockets 122 can be reversed to effect helical coiling of legs 112 and 114 in opposite directions.
FIG. 8 illustrates one embodiment of the presently disclosed pusher of a multiple coil staple applier (FIG. 1). In this embodiment, the location of the staple pockets has been moved from the staple to the staple pusher as will be described in detail below. As discussed with respect to FIG. 1 above, a staple applier typically includes a housing 10 defining a staple channel or slot 16, a pusher 18 and an anvil 14. In the presently disclosed staple applier, a pusher 214 is provided to drive a staple 218. Housing 10 can be configured as a cartridge housing to support one or more staples 218 or housing 10 can be configured as the portion of a surgical stapler which defines an ejection port for a surgical staple 218. Pusher 214 can be configured as the pushing element associated with a staple in a staple cartridge or the drive member of a surgical stapler.
Pusher 214 includes a proximal end 214a and a distal end 214b. Proximal end 214a is operably associated with the drive member (not shown) of a surgical stapler.
The drive member is actuable to advance pusher 214 along channel 16 (FIG. 1) to drive a staple 218 from housing IO into staple pockets 14a of anvil 14. Distal end 214b of pusher 214 has a distal face defining a staple engagement surface 220 (FIG. 7) and one or more pockets 222 configured to redirect staple legs 218b and 218c downwardly in a particular or desired direction.
Staple engagement surface 220 can be configured to engage the backspan 218a of staple 218, e.g., engagement surface 220 can include a concavity (not shown) for receiving a portion of backspan 218a of staple 218. In one embodiment, two pusher pockets 222 are provided on the distal face of distal end 214b of pusher 214. Pockets 222 are both laterally offset to one side of engagement surface 220.
In use, when pusher 214 is advanced within channel 16 (FIG. 1), staple 218 is pushed from channel 16 by pusher 214 such that legs 218b and 218c of staple 218 enter and are deflected upwardly and laterally by anvil pockets 14a. As legs 218b and 218c of staple 218 move upwardly, legs 218b and 218c enter pockets 222 of pusher 214 to deflect or curl legs downwardly back towards anvil 14. The combined effect of anvil pockets 14 and pusher pockets 222 curls or spirals staple legs 218b and 218c laterally of engagement surface 220 (see FIG. 9).
Referring to FIGS. 9, and 10, a staple applier including pusher 218 can be used to fasten tissue sections T, and TZ having relatively large thicknesses (FIG. 9) as well as tissue sections Tl and TZ having relatively small tissue thicknesses (FIG. 10). This is so because by curling legs 218b and 218c of staple 218, backspan 218a of staple 218 is able to approach tissue holding portions 230, of staple 218. That is, since tissue sections T~ and T2 are compressed between backspan 218a and holding portions 230 of the staple legs, and curling the staple legs changes the distance between backspan 218a and holding portions 230, varying tissue thicknesses can be fastened using a single size staple by curling the staple legs.
FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate an alternate embodiment of the pusher of the multiple coil staple applier shown in FIGS. 7-10. As shown in FIGS. 1 l and 12, distal end 314b of pusher 314 includes an engagement surface 326, a first staple pocket 322a laterally offset to one side of engagement surface 326 and a second staple pocket 322b which is laterally offset to the other side of engagement surface 326. Anvil pockets 14a of anvil 14 (FIG. 1) are configured to deflect staple leg 318b of staple 318 upwardly and laterally towards first staple pocket 322a and deflect staple leg 318c of staple 318 upwardly and towards second staple pocket 322b.
Pockets 322a and 322b of pusher 314 are positioned to receive staple legs 318b and 318c of staple 318 to curl leg 318b to one side of backspan 318a, and curl leg 318c to the other side of backspan 318a such as shown in FIG. 12.
The presently disclosed multiple coil staple andJor staple applier may be incorporated into known surgical stapling instruments including both open and endoscopic instruments and sequential, single, and multiple fire instruments. Examples of such instruments are disclosed in the following U.S. Patents which are incorporated into this application in their entirety by reference: U.S. Patent Nos. 6,045,560, 5,964,394, 5,894,979, 5,878,937, 5,915,616, 5,836,503, 5,865,361, 5,862,972, 5,817,109, 5,797,538 and 5,782,396. It is also envisioned that the presently disclosed embodiments of the multiple coil staple and/or staple applier could also be incorporated into robotically operated surgical staplers.
It will be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed herein. Therefore, the above description should not be construed as limiting, but merely as exemplifications of preferred embodiments. Those skilled in the art will envision other modifications within the scope and spirit of the claims appended hereto.
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1. A multiple coil staple comprising:
a backspan having a top surface and a bottom surface;
first and second spaced legs, the first leg extending downwardly from one end of the backspan and the second leg extending downwardly from the other end of the backspan;
wherein the bottom surface of the backspan includes one or more pockets positioned to receive the first and second legs of the staple after the first and second legs of the staple have been deformed, the one or more pockets being configured to induce coiling of the first and second legs.
a backspan having a top surface and a bottom surface;
first and second spaced legs, the first leg extending downwardly from one end of the backspan and the second leg extending downwardly from the other end of the backspan;
wherein the bottom surface of the backspan includes one or more pockets positioned to receive the first and second legs of the staple after the first and second legs of the staple have been deformed, the one or more pockets being configured to induce coiling of the first and second legs.
2. A multiple coil staple according to Claim 1, wherein the one or more pockets includes a first pocket positioned to receive the first leg and a second pocket positioned to receive the second leg.
3. A multiple coil staple according to Claim 2, wherein the first and second pockets are configured to induce helical coiling of the first and second legs, respectively.
4. A multiple coil staple according to Claim 3, wherein the first pocket is configured to induce helical coiling in a first direction and the second pocket is configured to induce helical coiling in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
5. A multiple coil staple according to Claim 1, wherein the backspan includes an area of increased width, the at least one pocket being formed in the area of increased width.
6. A multiple coil staple applier comprising:
a housing defining a staple slot;
a staple positioned within the staple slot and having a backspan and a pair of spaced legs;
a pusher dimensioned to be slidably received within the staple slot, the pusher having a distal end having a distal face, the distal face defining a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of the staple and one or more staple deforming pockets, the one or more staple deforming pockets being configured to induce coiling of the staple legs.
a housing defining a staple slot;
a staple positioned within the staple slot and having a backspan and a pair of spaced legs;
a pusher dimensioned to be slidably received within the staple slot, the pusher having a distal end having a distal face, the distal face defining a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of the staple and one or more staple deforming pockets, the one or more staple deforming pockets being configured to induce coiling of the staple legs.
7. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 6, wherein the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets.
8. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 7, wherein the first and second staple deforming pockets are configured to induce helical coiling of the staple legs.
9. A multiple coil staple applier, wherein the first staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the first staple leg in a first direction and the second staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the second staple leg in a second direction opposite the first direction.
10. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 6, wherein the staple engagement surface and the one or more staple deforming pockets are laterally offset from each other.
11. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 10, wherein the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets positioned on one side of the staple engagement surface.
12. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 10, wherein the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets positioned on opposite sides of the staple engagement surface.
13. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 12, wherein each of the first and second staple deforming pockets is configured to induce helical coiling of the staple legs.
14. A multiple coil staple applier according to Claim 13, wherein the first staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the first staple leg in a first direction and the second staple deforming pocket is configured to induce helical coiling of the second staple leg in a second direction opposite the first direction.
15. A multiple coil staple comprising:
a backspan and first and second legs, the backspan having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface having one or more staple leg deforming pockets.
a backspan and first and second legs, the backspan having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface having one or more staple leg deforming pockets.
16. A multiple coil staple according to Claim 15, wherein the one or more staple leg deforming pockets includes first and second staple leg deforming pockets.
17. A multiple coil staple according to Claim 15, wherein the backspan includes an area of increased width, the one or more staple leg deforming pockets being formed in the area of increased width.
18. A staple pusher for use with a staple applier, the staple pusher comprising:
a body having a distal end having a distal face, the distal face having a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of a staple and one or more staple deforming pockets configured to induce coiling of legs of a staple.
a body having a distal end having a distal face, the distal face having a staple engagement surface positioned to engage the backspan of a staple and one or more staple deforming pockets configured to induce coiling of legs of a staple.
19. A staple pusher according to Claim 18, wherein the one or more staple deforming pockets includes first and second staple deforming pockets.
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