Ethicon, Gmbh

Cilag International Gmbh

Alex Cuti

Kevin L Houser

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Jeffery D Bruns

Matthew Thomas Kuhn

Michael J Stokes

Gregory G Scott

John E Brady

Disha V Labhasetwar

Demetrius N Harris

Justin Gasparovich

Joshua D Young

Nicholas D Courtwright

Alexa Miller

Caleb McGowen

Caleb Mcgowen

Mathew Kuhn

Surgical devices and systems having rotating end effector assemblies for treating tissue are provided. Methods for using the same are also provided.

Surgical devices and systems with rotating end effector assemblies having an ultrasonic blade

Surgical devices and systems having rotating end effector assemblies for treating tissue are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical device can include a housing, an instrument shaft extending from the housing, and an effector assembly, in which the instrument shaft includes an outer sleeve, a waveguide, and a rotation assembly having an inner sleeve. Methods for using the same are also provided.

An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip revolver rotatably positioned within the body and providing an inner bore that defines a plurality of clip slots angularly spaced from each other about an inner surface of the inner bore, wherein a plurality of surgical clips are receivable within the plurality of clip slots in a nested helical array. First and second jaw members extend past a distal end of the body and aligned to receive a distal-most surgical clip of the plurality of surgical clips, wherein the clip revolver is rotatable to sequentially align each surgical clip with the first and second jaw members.

Revolver loading surgical clip applier

A surgical clip applier includes a drive housing, an elongate shaft that extends distally from the drive housing, an end effector arranged at a distal end of the elongate shaft and including first and second jaw members, and an articulation joint interposing the end effector and the elongate shaft. The articulation joint includes a flexible shaft length articulable in a plane of motion and having a first end and a second end, a lumen defined within the flexible shaft length and extending between the first and second ends, and a clip track provided within the lumen and extending at least partially between the first and second ends to guide surgical clips through the articulation joint.

Surgical clip applier with articulating joint path for surgical clips

An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip forming system positioned within the body and arranged to receive an unformed surgical clip, and an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system to actuate the clip forming system and thereby bend the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip. First and second jaw members are positioned at a distal end of the body and arranged to receive the tissue-ready surgical clip for crimping.

Surgical clip applier with clip forming system

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Alex Cuti