Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Ethicon, Gmbh

Cilag International Gmbh

Medex, Inc.

Douglas B Hoffman

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Jason L Harris

Geoffrey C Hueil

Patrick A Weizman

Dean B Bruewer

Mark S Ortiz

Robert J Simms

Jeffrey David Messerly

Steven G Hall

Galen C Robertson

Andrew M Zwolinski

Jeffrey S Swayze

Charles J Scheib

Kevin Ross Doll

Ryan J Laurent

Nicholas Fanelli

Jerome R Morgan

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Kyle P Moore

Joshua R Uth

Richard William Timm

Thomas W Huitema

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

Bret William Smith

Donna L Korvick

Mark H Ransick

William David Kelly

Ronald John Kolata

Michael E Setser

Morgan Robert Hunter

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Anil K Nalagatla

Lauren S Weaner

Michael J Vendely

Adam R Dunki-Jacobs

Barry Thomas Jamison

Taylor W Aronhalt

Shane R Adams

Mark D Overmyer

Sarah Alexandra Worthington

William Jason White

Rudolph Henry Nobis

David Stefanchik

Adam David Hensel

Nicholas J Ross

Zhifan F Huang

Gregory B Blair

Randall J Tanguay

Jason M Rector

Jeffrey C Gagel

Glen A Armstrong

Jason E Zerkle

Thomas E Adams

Janna B Volz

John C Schuckmann

Austin E Wise

Disha V Labhasetwar

James A Woodard, Jr

John Scott Kimsey

Sudhir B Patel

Scott A Jenkins

Craig S Smith

Hector Chow

William R Stager

Darwin L Schultz

Thu Anh Le

Michael Earl Setser

Mary R Towers

Steven Dickinson

Kenneth S Wales

Dean L Garner

Rebecca J Gettinger

Timothy S Bedard

Timothy E Goode

Brian W Bear

Joseph D Paulowski

James A Vandewalle

Megan A O'Connor

Mark A Goldin

Vijay K Sakhare

Robert P Kruth

Ananth R Krishnan

Daniel Pucke

Prachi Rojatkar

Kristi S Geier

Megan O'connor

Michael Earl Setzer

Thomas W Iv Lytle

William B Weisenburgh Ii

William B Ii Weisenburgh

Kreena R Modi

Joseph Zavatsky

Fredrick E Iv Shelton

A surgical instrument comprises a body, shaft, and end effector. The shaft couples the end effector and body together. The end effector comprises an anvil and lower jaw configured to receive a surgical staple cartridge. The anvil is configured to pivot toward and away from the staple cartridge and lower jaw. The shaft assembly comprises a knife member configured to longitudinally translate to thereby substantially simultaneously cut clamped tissue and staple the severed tissue. The end effector may comprise lockout features configure to prevent longitudinal translation of the knife member. The end effector or staple cartridge may comprise lockout bypass features configured to prevent lockout of the knife.

Lockout engagement features for surgical stapler

A surgical instrument comprises a body, shaft, and end effector. The shaft couples the end effector and body together. The end effector comprises an anvil and lower jaw configured to receive a surgical staple cartridge. The anvil is configured to pivot toward and away from the staple cartridge and lower jaw. The shaft assembly comprises a knife member configured to longitudinally translate to thereby substantially simultaneously cut clamped tissue and staple the severed tissue. The end effector may comprise lockout features configure to prevent longitudinal translation of the knife member. The end effector or staple cartridge may comprise lockout bypass features configured to prevent lockout of the knife member. These lockout bypass features may operate to permit longitudinal translation of the knife member once or multiple times. The end effector may comprise features configured to ensure proper alignment of the anvil relative to the staple cartridge.

Method of using lockout features for surgical stapler cartridge

In various embodiments, a surgical stapling instrument can include a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, wherein the shaft defines an axis, and a disposable loading unit which is assembled to the shaft in a direction which is transverse to the shaft axis. Such a connection between the disposable loading unit and the shaft can prevent, or at least inhibit, the disposable loading unit from being unintentionally displaced proximally and/or distally relative to the shaft of the surgical instrument. The surgical stapling instrument and/or disposable loading unit can further include a threaded collar and/or detent assembly configured to hold the disposable loading unit in place. In various embodiments, a disposable loading unit can include a lockout feature which can prevent, or at least inhibit, an expended disposable loading unit from being reassembled to the elongated body of the surgical instrument.

End effector coupling arrangements for a surgical cutting and stapling instrument

A surgical instrument comprises a body, shaft, and end effector. The shaft couples the end effector and body together. The end effector comprises an anvil and lower jaw configured to receive a surgical staple cartridge. The anvil is configured to pivot toward and away from the staple cartridge and lower jaw. The shaft assembly comprises a knife member configured to longitudinally translate to thereby substantially simultaneously cut clamped tissue and staple the severed tissue. The end effector may comprise lockout features configure to prevent longitudinal translation of the knife member. The end effector or staple cartridge may comprise lockout bypass features configured to prevent lockout of the knife member.

A surgical instrument that comprises an elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis. A surgical end effector is pivotally coupled to the elongate shaft assembly for selective pivotal travel about an articulation axis that extends transversely relative to the shaft axis. The surgical instrument further includes an articulation system that comprises a single articulation driver that is supported for longitudinal travel along a path that is laterally offset from the shaft axis. A cross link is coupled to the articulation driver and extends transversely across the shaft axis to be coupled to the surgical end effector.

Articulatable surgical instruments with single articulation link arrangements

An apparatus includes a body, a shaft in communication with the body, and an end effector in communication with the shaft. The end effector is operable to drive staples through tissue. The end effector comprises an anvil and a cartridge. The anvil is operable to move pivotally relative to the cartridge. The cartridge is positioned to drive staples upwardly toward the anvil. The cartridge comprises a plurality of protrusions operable to prevent lateral rocking of the anvil. The plurality of protrusions is pointed toward the anvil. In some versions, an alignment member and/or a lateral stabilization member may be used between the anvil and the cartridge.

Integrated tissue positioning and jaw alignment features for surgical stapler

A surgical tool assembly that includes an axially movable closure member and an axially movable firing member that is movable between an unfired position and a fired position. The tool assembly includes a second jaw that has a mounting portion and mounting walls that are movably mounted to a first jaw. The mounting portion defines a cam area that is configured for engagement by the movable closure member to move the second jaw from an open position to a closed position. The mounting walls define an open-topped parking area for accommodating the firing member therein when in the unfired position. A protective cap member is attached to the mounting walls such that it covers at least a portion of the open topped parking area.

Protective cover arrangements for a joint interface between a movable jaw and actuator shaft of a surgical instrument

A surgical instrument includes a body assembly, a distally extending shaft assembly, and a distal stapling assembly configured to clamp, staple, and cut tissue. A first user feedback element is configured to visually inform a user of a first condition of the stapling assembly, and a second user feedback element is configured to visually inform the user of a second condition of the stapling assembly. A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, a first light source configured to illuminate the first user feedback element, a second light source configured to illuminate the second user feedback element, and a light guide feature. The light guide feature is configured to direct light from the second light source toward the second user feedback element and simultaneously inhibit light emitted by the first light source from illuminating the second user feedback element.

Staple height indicator for powered surgical stapler

An apparatus includes a body, a shaft, and a stapling head assembly. The body includes a chassis, a bracket, a coupling, and a conical coil. The bracket is configured to move relative to the chassis between first and second positions when selectively activated by a user. The bracket includes an upright member. The conical coil spring is disposed between the bracket and the coupling. The conical coil spring includes a proximal end, a distal end, a conical helical body disposed between the proximal and distal ends, and at least one dead coil disposed at the distal end of the conical coil spring that is configured to prevent the distal end of the conical coil spring from being retained between the bracket and the chassis. The shaft extends distally from the body. The stapling head assembly is positioned at a distal end of the shaft.

Circular surgical stapler

A method for manipulating tissue of a patient includes a surgical instrument having a handle assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The method includes positioning a tissue within a gap between a cartridge and an anvil and against a guide pin to laterally position the tissue relative to the cartridge and the anvil. The method also includes moving a retaining pin from an open position to a closed position to capture the tissue and moving the cartridge toward the anvil in a closed configuration. Furthermore, the method includes inhibiting deflection of a distal end portion of the end effector wherein at least at least one of the guide pin or the retaining pin connects to the distal end portion. The method further includes forming a plurality of staples within the tissue and cutting the tissue with a knife.

Method of applying staples in lower anterior bowel resection

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Douglas B Hoffman