Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

George Mark Pomeroy

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Mark H Ransick

Paul T Franer

Federico Bilotti

Alessandro Pastorelli

Mark A Neurohr

Laszlo Csiky

Todd Phillip Omaits

Paul T Marshall

Mark S Leuenberger

Jack Greene

Danny R Kelley

Gregory Frey

An insertion device configured to provide access to a treatment site within a body cavity (e.g., an abdominal cavity) is provided herein. In general, the device includes any type of elongate sleeve (e.g., a trocar) having an inner lumen. Further, the device includes a tissue retraction mechanism configured to extend from a distal end of the sleeve wherein the tissue retraction mechanism is configured to securely engage a cavity wall such that in response to a retraction force the mechanism can pull the cavity wall over the distal end of the sleeve thereby positioning the sleeve across the cavity wall. Additionally, various embodiments of a method for providing access to a body cavity are also provided herein.

Insertion device and method of use

A medical instrument including an indicator of exposure to fluids applied to the medical instrument.

Reprocessing indicator for single patient use medical instruments

A surgical stapler includes a head in which a plurality of staples are stored. The head includes a facing surface. The stapler also includes an anvil having an anvil surface shaped and dimensioned for forming the staples upon actuation of the surgical stapler, the anvil including a facing surface opposed to the facing surface of the head for mating engagement therewith. The facing surface of the head is obliquely oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the head creating an elliptical staple line when the head is brought into contact with anvil during actuation of the surgical stapler.

Elliptical intraluminal surgical stapler for anastomosis

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

George Mark Pomeroy