Device for tissue suturing

Claim 1

A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR SUTURING TISSUES LYING IN ONE PLATE END-TO-END LOCATED BY MEANS OF METALLIC CLIPS COMPRISING, A BODY PROVIDED WITH AN ELONGATED ASSEMBLY PART AND A HANDLE, A T-SHAPED MATRIX HAVING A MIDDLE ROD CARRIED BY SAID BODY AT THE END OF SAID ASSEMBLY PART, SUPPORTING LUGS EXTENDING FROM THE ROD IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND LOCATED ON A SINGLE LINE, AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED UNDER THE TISSUE EDGES TO BE JOINED DURING SUTURING, SAID SUPPORTING LUGS HAVING CONCAVE PORTIONS FOR BENDING THE CLIP ENDS THEREON ON THE SIDES FACING THE BODY, CLAMPS MOUNTED IN SAID ASSEMBLY PART ON DIFFERENT SIDES ON SAID MIDDLE ROD FOR SEPARATE INDEPENDENT MOVEMENTS TOWARDS THE SUPPORTING LUGS FOR CLAMPING THE TISSUE EDGES TO SAID SUPPORTING LUGS BY MEANS OF THE ENDS OF THE CLAMPS, MANUAL MANIPULATABLE MEANS OPERABLY COUPLED TO THE RESPECTIVE CLAMPS FOR INDEPENDENTLY MOVING THE CLAMPS TOWARD THE SUPPORTING LUGS, A REMOVABLE MAGAZINE ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A SERIES OF METALLIC CLIPS MOUNTED ON SAID BODY BETWEEN SAID CLAMPS AND ADAPTED TO ORIENT THE CLIP ENDS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CONCAVE PORTIONS, GUIDING SLOTS FOR SAID CLIPS PROVIDED IN SAID CLAMPS IN A PLANE CROSSING THE SUPPORTING LUGS AT A RIGHT ANGLE AND IN LINE WITH THE CONCAVE PORTIONS, SPRING MEANS COACTING WITH SAID MAGAZINE FOR THE SUCCESSIVE FEEDING OF THE CLIPS TO THE GUIDING SLOTS, AND A MANUALLY OPERATED DRIVER MOUNTED FOR TRAVEL IN SAID GUIDE SLOTS FOR MOVEMENT OF THE CLIPS FROM THE MAGAZINE THROUGH SAID SLOTS TO THE MATRIX WHEREBY THE CLIP ENDS PIERCE THE TISSUE EDGES CLAMPED TO THE SUPPORTING LUGS, AND BY ENGAGING THE CONCAVE PORTIONS OF THE SUPPORTING LUGS THE CLIPS ARE BENT THUS CONNECTING THE TISSUE EDGES.