Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

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Cllag Gmbh International

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Jason L Harris

Jerome R Morgan

Jeffrey S Swayze

Taylor W Aronhalt

Gregory J Bakos

David C Yates

Michael J Stokes

Michael J Vendely

Joseph E Young

Charles J Scheib

Katherine J Schmid

Anil K Nalagatla

James J Bedi

Mark S Zeiner

Adam R Dunki-Jacobs

Gregory W Johnson

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

Andrew T Beckman

Gary W Knight

John V Hunt

Robert L Koch, Jr

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Christopher J Hess

Cory G Kimball

Lauren S Weaner

Tamara S Widenhouse

Kevin L Houser

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Jeffrey David Messerly

Barry C Worrell

Steven G Hall

Adam David Hensel

Michael S Cropper

Christopher W Widenhouse

Richard William Timm

David A Witt

Morgan Robert Hunter

Matthew S Corbin

Christopher J Schall

Daniel J Mumaw

Benjamin D Dickerson

Donna L Korvick

Tylor C Muhlenkamp

Mark D Overmyer

Joshua R Uth

Gregory G Scott

Chad E Eckert

Sarah Alexandra Worthington

Daniel L Baber

Lawrence Crainich

Jacob Spencer Gee

Prasanna Malaviya

John B Schulte

Andrew C Deck

Barry Thomas Jamison

Mark S Ortiz

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Sean P Conlon

Rudolph Henry Nobis

Ryan M Asher

Christopher C Miller

Geoffrey C Hueil

Ryan J Laurent

Kevin D Felder

Patrick A Weizman

Kristen G Denzinger

Michael A Murray

David James Cagle

Mark H Ransick

Daniel J Abbott

Richard L Leimbach

Rao S Bezwada

Jeffrey L Aldridge

Craig N Faller

David T Martin

Ashvani K Madan

John P Measamer

John E Brady

William Jason White

Joshua D Young

Kevin W Smith

Shane R Adams

Foster B Stulen

Thomas W Huitema

Juergen Andrew Kortenbach

Matthew C Miller

James R Giordano

Omar J Vakharia

Carlos Rivera

Israel Nur

William D Fox

Wells D Haberstich

Bennie Thompson

Jose Luis Francese

Nicholas J Ross

Jason R Lesko

Richard Michael Harper

Peter K Kratsch

A staple cartridge is disclosed. The staple cartridge can comprise a cartridge body comprising a deck and a bottom surface opposite the deck. The staple cartridge can comprise a plurality of staple cavities, wherein each staple cavity extends into the cartridge body from the deck to the bottom surface. Additionally, a plurality of wells can be defined into the staple cartridge from the deck to a lowermost surface of the well. A plurality of staples can be removably positioned in the staple cavities. The staple cartridge can comprise a tissue thickness compensator releasably secured to the cartridge body, wherein the tissue thickness compensator comprises a compensator body and a plurality of extensions extending from the compensator body into the wells, wherein at least one extension is compressed within one of the wells. Each well can surround at least one staple cavity and/or can extend between at least two staple cavities.

Staple cartridge comprising a tissue thickness compensator

A method for controlling a surgical instrument is disclosed. In at least one instance, the surgical instrument comprises a shroud and the operation of the surgical instrument is modified based on input from a sensing circuit configured to sense a parameter of the shroud. In certain instances, the surgical instrument comprises a strain gage circuit and the operation of the surgical instrument is modified based on input from the strain gage circuit.

Surgical instrument comprising flex circuit

Surgical end effectors and fastener cartridges having firing lockout arrangements for preventing or limit a firing stroke when a cartridge has not been operably installed in the end effector or a spent cartridge has not been replaced.

Firing system lockout arrangements for surgical instruments

A surgical stapling instrument comprising an elongate shaft assembly that includes a surgical end effector that is operably coupled thereto by an articulation joint. The surgical instrument may include a first distal articulation driver operably coupled to the surgical end effector and a second distal articulation driver that is coupled to the surgical end effector. At least one driver member may operably engage the first and second distal articulation drivers such that when the first distal articulation driver is moved in a distal direction, the least one driver moves the second distal articulation driver in a proximal direction and when the first distal articulation driver is moved in the proximal direction, the at least one driver member moves the second distal articulation driver in the distal direction.

Stapling assembly comprising a supported firing bar

Interconnected joint segments forming drive tube for stapling assembly

A surgical instrument including a surgical end effector and a threaded rotary input shaft. An actuator member is in operable engagement with the surgical end effector and is in selective threaded engagement with the threaded rotary input shaft such that when the actuator member is in an engaged configuration, rotation of said threaded rotary input shaft causes the actuator member to move axially to impart an actuation motion to the surgical end effector and when the actuator member is in a disengaged configuration, rotation of the threaded rotary input shaft will not be imparted to the actuator member. A switch may be employed for selectively moving the actuator between the engaged and disengaged configurations. A locking system may be employed for preventing axial movement of the actuator member when the actuator member is in the disengaged configuration.

Surgical instrument with selectively disengageable threaded drive systems

A surgical staple cartridge is disclosed comprising a plurality of staples removably stored within the surgical staple cartridge. The staples comprise staple legs which extend from a staple base portion. The staple legs comprise staple tips configured to pierce tissue and contact a corresponding forming pocket of an anvil of surgical stapling instrument. The staples further comprise zones having different hardnesses.

Surgical staples comprising hardness variations for improved fastening of tissues

A surgical instrument. In one form, the surgical instrument includes a housing that has an interchangeable shaft assembly removably attached thereto. The interchangeable shaft assembly includes an elongate shaft that has a surgical end effector operably coupled thereto for selective articulation relative to the elongate shaft. An articulation system is configured to selectively apply articulation motions to the surgical end effector when the articulation system is in an actuated orientation. A locking arrangement prevents detachment of the interchangeable shaft assembly from the housing when the articulation system is in the actuated orientation.

Locking arrangements for detachable shaft assemblies with articulatable surgical end effectors

A surgical stapler includes an anvil half and a cartridge half. The anvil half includes an anvil channel member and an anvil surface. The cartridge half releasably couples with the anvil half and includes a cartridge channel member having a distal portion that receives a staple cartridge, and a latching member coupled to the cartridge channel member and movable between open and closed positions. A resilient member is arranged at a proximal end of one of the anvil half or the cartridge half, and a projection is arranged at a proximal end of the other of the anvil half or the cartridge half. The resilient member is configured to contact and releasably couple with the projection to thereby couple the proximal end of the anvil half with the proximal end of the cartridge half while the latching member is in the open position.

Features to align and close linear surgical stapler

A method is used to manufacture a knife of an end effector of a surgical instrument. The method includes forming the knife using metal injection molding. The knife has at least one feature having a molded shape. The method also includes machining the at least one feature of the knife to have a machined shape without machining the entire knife. The method also includes incorporating the knife into the end effector of the surgical instrument.

Knife for surgical stapler and associated method of manufacture with MIM and HIP

A powered stapling device includes a circular stapling head assembly, an anvil, a trocar coupled to the anvil, and a motor also coupled to the trocar. The motor is configured to advance and retract the trocar. The device further includes a control circuit coupled to the motor, in which the control circuit is configured to determine a position of the trocar in one of a plurality of zones, and set an anvil closure rate based on the determined position of the trocar.

Powered stapling device configured to adjust force, advancement speed, and overall stroke of cutting member based on sensed parameter of firing or clamping

A method for controlling a powered surgical stapler that includes an end effector with jaws that are movable between an open and a closed position and a firing member that is movable between a starting position and an ending position within the end effector. The jaws and firing member are controlled by separate rotary systems and the end effector includes a firing member lockout system that prevents axial movement of the firing member unless the surgical staple cartridge is in ready to fire condition.

Methods for controlling a surgical stapler

A surgical stapling instrument including a staple sled which can be advanced and/or retracted relative to first and second jaw members, wherein the staple sled can be configured to deploy staples from a staple cartridge in one of the first and second jaw members. In at least one embodiment, the other of the first and second jaw members can include an anvil having at least one forming surface which can be configured to deform the staples as they are deployed from the staple cartridge. In at least one form of the invention, the anvil can be movably adjustable relative to the staple cartridge in order to adjust the distance in which the staples are deformed. In various embodiments, the anvil can be adjusted by a slidable adjusting plate and/or a rotatable cam.

Surgical stapler with apparatus for adjusting staple height

A surgical instrument that includes a first jaw and a second jaw that are movable between a closed position and an open position. An axially movable closure member is supported relative to the jaws to apply closing and opening motions thereto. A closure actuator operably interfaces with the closure member and is movable from an unactuated position corresponding to the open position in a closure direction during a closure procedure. A first control system is configured to apply an opening control motion to the closure actuator to return the closure actuator to the unactuated position upon completion of the closure procedure. A second control system is configured to apply a variable closure force to the closure member as the closure actuator is moved in the closure direction.

Surgical instruments with progressive jaw closure arrangements

A method of surgical stapling that uses a surgical instrument operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector with a pair of jaws. A placement tip extends distally from one of the jaws of the end effector. The method includes positioning the end effector at a desired site for surgical stapling. The method also includes controlling one or more of the jaws of the end effector to place the end effector in an open position. The method also includes positioning the end effector such that tissue is located between the jaws. The method also includes clamping the tissue between the jaws by moving at least one of the jaws toward the other jaw. The method also includes advancing a firing beam of the apparatus from a proximal position to a distal position.

Method of surgical stapling with end effector component having a curved tip

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Loveland, OH, United States of America

Chester O Baxter, Iii