Hümér Hültl invented the first suturing machine using wire clamps in gastro-intestinal surgery in 1907. Von Petz succeeded in eradicating all the disadvantages of Hültl's stapler and constructing the "Petz", which has been produced in Tuttlingen since 1923 and used worldwide. To "petz" means to apply the gastro-intestinal stapling machine.

Gastro-intestinal Stapling Machine