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Patent Inventor Names
Roman Czernik0
Frank C. Maffei0
Henry E. Holsten0
Kenneth H. Whitfield0
Stanislaw Marczyk0
Thomas Wenchell0
Date of Patent
February 22, 2011
Patent Application Number
12500062
Date Filed
July 9, 2009
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A surgical stapling device for sequentially applying linear rows of surgical fasteners to body tissue and simultaneously incising tissue is provided. The surgical stapling device includes an elongated body portion, a tool assembly pivotally mounted about a pivot axis to the body portion, a flexible drive assembly, and a support member that is positioned on opposite sides of the pivot axis The drive assembly is slidably positioned adjacent the support member The support member inhibits outward buckling of the drive assembly during actuation of the device especially when the tool assembly is articulated.
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