Japan, Feb. 24 -- APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORP has got intellectual property rights for 'SURGICAL STAPLER HAVING LOCKING ARTICULATION JOINT.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2024-064036
Category (FI): A61B17/072
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surgical stapler having a locking articulation joint.SOLUTION: A laparoscopic surgical stapler should include an articulation joint between an elongate shaft and a jaw assembly. The articulation joint should include a latch mechanism allowing a user to selectively allow the jaw assembly to be freely pivotable with respect to the elongate shaft in an unlatched configuration and positionable in an aligned position or one of several predetermined articulated po...