Instrument for suturing esophagus to intestine or stomach

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A SURGIAL INSTRUMENT FOR SUTURING THE ESOPHAGUS TO THE INTESTINE OR STOMACH, SAID INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR BODY, THE FOWARD END OF SAID BODY HAVING A CIRCULAR SERIES OF POCKETS OPEN AT OPPOSITE ENDS FOR RECEIVING A STAPLE IN EACH POCKET, A MEMBER SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN SAID BODY, STAPLE EJECTERFINGERS ON SAID MEMBER, SAID FINGERS ENTERING SAID POCKETS FROM THE REAR, A KNIFE MOUNTED ON SAID MEMBER AND HAVING A CIRCULAR CUTTING EDGE AT THE FORWARD END, A TUBULAR PUSH ROD FIXED TO SAID MEMBER AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY WITHIN SAID BODY, A WASHER ENGAGING THE REAR END OF SAID BODY AND HAVING A RECESS SLIDABLY RECEIVING THE REAR END OF SAID PUSH ROD, A SHOULDER IN SAID RECESS TO LIMIT REARWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID PUSH ROD, INTERLOCKING MEANS ON SAID BODY AND WASHER TO PREVENT RELATIVE ROTATION THEREBETWEEN, A CLAMPING NUT THREADEDLY RECEIVED ON THE REAR END OF SAID BODY AND ENGASING SAID WASHER TO REMOVABLY RETAIN SAID WASHER IN PLACE, AN ASJUSTING ROD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PUSH ROD, A PILOT HEAD FIXED TO THE FORWARD END OF SAID ADJUSTING ROD, SAID HEAD HAVING A CIRCULAR SERIES OF RECESSES IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID POCKETS AND PROVIDING ANVILS FOR CLINCHING STAPLES EJECTED FROM SAID POCKETS, SAID HEAD HAVING AN ANGULAR RECESS OPENING REARWARDLY, A REMOVABLY PAD IN SAID ANNULAR RECESS FOR ENGAGING THE CUTTING EDGE OF SAID KNIFE, A NON-CIRCULAR APERTURE IN SAID WASHER, SAID ADJUSTING ROD EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND HAVING A COMPLEMENTARY NON-CIRCULAR PORTION ENGAGING THE WALL OF SAID RECESS TO PERMIT SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID ADJUSTING ROD AND ORIENT SAID HEAD, A CYLINDRICAL PORTION ON SAID NUT, AN ADJUSTING NUT ROTATABLY RECEIVED ON SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND THREADEDLY ENGAGING SAID ADJUSTING ROD TO ADJUST THE AXIAL POSITION OF SAID HEAD WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, A FIXED HANDLE EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID BODY, SPACED ABUTMENTS ON SAID PUSH ROD, A MOVABLE HANDLE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY AND A FORKED END ON SAID MOVABLE HANDLE RECEIVED BETWEEN SAID ABUTMENTS, WHEREBY UPON OPERATION OF SAID MOVABLE HANDLE SAID PUSH ROD WILL MOVE SAID FINGERS FORWARDLY TO EJECT STAPLES FROM SAID POCKETS AND CLINCH THE SAME AND WILL MOVE SAID CUTTING EDGE INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PAD.