The specification discloses an improved internal surgical stapler in which staples are pushed by a comb-like ram out of a magazine of a frame and are clinched by an anvil hinged to the frame and releasably latched to the frame by a latch. The latch includes a latch rod having a thumb grip and also provided...http://www.google.fr/patents/US4273281?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US4273281 - Internal surgical stapler