Surgical instrument for staple suturing of organs

Claim 1

A surgical instrument for staple suturing of organs, comprising a supporting body, a staple body, a hinge joint for detachably articulating said supporting and staple bodies together, a jaw provided on the staple body and adapted for carrying removable staple magazines, the staple magazines accommodating staples for suturing and staple ejector means reciprocatingly mounted in the staple magazines for driving staples out of the magazines, a jaw having a lengthwise recess formed therein provided on the supporting body, a slidable member arranged in the lengthwise recess of said jaw of the supporting body for movement with respect to said supporting body so as to perform translating adjusting motion in a transverse direction with respect to the staple body for adjusting a gap between the slidable member and the staple body jaw, said slidable member having a surface thereof arranged parallel to the staple body jaw when the supporting body and staple body are in a stapling position, retainer means for fixing said slidable member in a preset position during adjusting motion thereof, recesses for bending staples formed in said slidable member, and actuator means for imparting adjusting motion to the slidable member wherein said actuator means comprises a crankshaft having journals held by the supporting body and a crank throw positioned between the journals, said slidable member having a slot formed therein to accommodate the crank throw, the crank throw being eccentric with respect to one of the journals so that rotation of the one journal results in translation of the slidable member by the crank throw.