Devices for dispensing surgical fasteners into tissue while simultaneously generating external marks that mirror the number and location of the dispensed surgical fasteners

摘要

A device dispenses surgical fasteners inside a body and generates marks outside the body indicating where the surgical fasteners have been dispensed inside the body. The device includes a first member having a surgical fastener dispenser opening, and a second member coupled with the first member, the second member having a distal end that opposes the surgical fastener dispenser opening. The second member acts to support the external surface of the tissue to be fastened while the first member dispenses a fastener. The device may include a clamp for compressing tissue between the marking assembly and the surgical fastener dispenser. The device includes a marking assembly (142) secured to the distal end of the second member. The marking assembly includes a marker (182) for generating marks on an external surface that mirror the location of each surgical fastener dispensed from the surgical fastener dispenser opening. The marker may be in the form of an ink marker adapted to form an ink mark on the patients skin as a fastener is dispensed.