Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Indigo Medical, Inc.

University of Cincinnati

Karl Storz Endovision, Inc.

Cllag Gmbh International

Ehticon LLC

Gll, LLC

Ethicon Endo-surgury, Inc.

Ucl Biomedica Plc

Gregory J Bakos

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Jason L Harris

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Jerome R Morgan

Mark S Zeiner

Taylor W Aronhalt

Michael J Vendely

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Gary Lee Long

Christopher J Hess

Omar J Vakharia

Gregory G Scott

David C Yates

Brian D Schings

Richard William Timm

Adam David Hensel

Michael J Stokes

Anil K Nalagatla

John V Hunt

William D Fox

Joshua P Morgan

Daniel L Baber

Christopher Q Seow

Morgan Robert Hunter

John E Brady

David N Plescia

Andrew C Deck

Seth Daniel Holdmeyer

Shane R Adams

Richard L Leimbach

Eitan T Wiener

David Stefanchik

Zhifan F Huang

Joshua Henderson

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Jeffrey L Aldridge

Christopher A Denzinger

Raymond E Parfett

Heather Strang

Jeffrey David Messerly

Daniel W Price

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

Nicholas J Ross

Sarah Alexandra Worthington

Jason Merrill Jones

Andrew W Carroll

Disha V Labhasetwar

Mark D Overmyer

Daniel J Mumaw

Ryan M Asher

Geoffrey C Hueil

James T Spivey

David B Smith

Joshua R Uth

John B Schulte

Robert J Simms

Nicholas Fanelli

John Eric Hein

Spencer James Witte

Jeffrey S Swayze

Kevin L Houser

Mark S Ortiz

Cory G Kimball

Rudolph Henry Nobis

Peter A Krulevitch

Benjamin D Dickerson

David Keith Norvell

Ryan J Laurent

Chad E Eckert

Michael A Murray

Brian F Dinardo

Christopher J Schall

Tylor C Muhlenkamp

John Kevin Bruce

Jason M Rector

Robert Mason Trusty

Jonathan T Batross

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

James Walden Voegele

Sean P Conlon

Richard F Schwemberger

Bret William Smith

Steven G Hall

Craig N Faller

Michael E Setser

David T Martin

Simon Cohn

Michael S Cropper

Adam R Dunki-Jacobs

Surag Mantri

Andrew M Zwolinski

Bernhard A Fuerst

Aaron C Voegele

Joshua D Young

Chad S Frampton

Richard C Smith

Austin E Wise

Sudhir B Patel

Brian D Bertke

A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member having a distal portion that supports an anvil surface, and a second elongate member having a distal portion configured to receive a staple cartridge. The stapler further includes a pin rotatably coupled with the first elongate member, and a clamp member movably coupled with the second elongate member. The clamp member is operable to releasably capture the pin to thereby clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The pin is configured to rotate relative to the first elongate member in response to being captured by the clamp member.

Clamping assembly for linear surgical stapler

A surgical instrument includes a sled and an end effector. The end effector includes a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw, an anvil, and a cartridge channel. The staple cartridge includes a proximal end, a distal end, a cartridge body, and staples supported in the cartridge body, wherein the sled is movable to deploy the staples from the cartridge body against tissue captured between the staple cartridge and the anvil. The cartridge channel is configured to removably retain the staple cartridge, wherein a load is required to remove the staple cartridge from the cartridge channel, and wherein the sled is configured to reduce the cartridge removal load.

Staple cartridge having retainer movable between configurations

A method of operating a modular surgical system including a control module, a first surgical module, and a second surgical module is disclosed. The method includes detachably connecting the first surgical module to the control module by stacking the first surgical module with the control module in a stack configuration, detachably connecting the second surgical module to the first surgical module by stacking the second surgical module with the control module and the first surgical module in the stack configuration, powering up the modular surgical system, and monitoring distribution of power from a power supply of the control module to the first surgical module and the second surgical module.

Method for energy distribution in a surgical modular energy system

A surgical stapling assembly comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, and a staple cartridge assembly positioned in the first jaw is disclosed. The staple cartridge assembly comprises a plurality of staples, a plurality of staple drivers, and a cartridge body. The cartridge body comprises a deck surface configured to support patient tissue, a longitudinal slot defined in the cartridge body, a plurality of staple cavities, and a longitudinal wall extending vertically below the deck surface. The longitudinal wall comprises a first zone comprising a first wall height and a second zone comprising a second wall height. The staple cartridge assembly further comprises a sled movable longitudinally through the cartridge body, wherein the sled is sized and configured resist deflection of the cartridge body during the firing stroke within the second zone.

Integral cartridge stiffening features to reduce cartridge deflection

A method for adaptive control of surgical network control and interaction is disclosed. The surgical network includes a surgical feedback system. The surgical feedback system includes a surgical instrument, a data source, and a surgical hub configured to communicably couple to the data source and the surgical instrument. The surgical hub includes a control circuit. The method includes receiving, by the control circuit, information related to devices communicatively coupled to the surgical network; and adaptively controlling, by the control circuit, the surgical network based on the received information.

Method for adaptive control schemes for surgical network control and interaction

A surgical instrument system comprising an adaptive control system is disclosed. The instrument includes a motor control system configured to control the operation of a closure motor and a drive motor. The motor control system is configured to increase the clamping pressure applied by a first jaw during a secondary tissue cutting stroke as compared to the clamping pressure applied by the first jaw during a first tissue cutting stroke.

Surgical instrument comprising an adaptive control system

A surgical instrument includes a first and second jaw, a firing assembly, a first buttress assembly, and a second buttress assembly. The first and second jaw actuate relative to each other between an open and closed position to grasp tissue. The second jaw includes a fastening assembly having a deck defining a plurality of openings and a plurality of fasteners housed within the openings. The firing assembly drives the plurality of fasteners out of the plurality of openings against a plurality of fastening forming features of the first jaw. The first buttress assembly and the second buttress assembly are associated with the first and second jaw, respectively. The first buttress assembly includes a first material and a first thickness. The second buttress assembly includes a second material and a second thickness. The first material and the second material differ in rigidity. The first thickness and the second thickness are different.

Tissue cushion adjuncts for surgical stapler end effector

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

An apparatus includes a staple, a body, a staple driver, and an alignment feature. The alignment feature is coupled to or formed with at least one of the staple driver or an inner surface of the staple aperture of the body. The alignment feature is configured to minimize rotation of the staple driver. The alignment feature includes at least one of a first contact feature, an alignment member, an alignment member, or an inwardly tapering portion. The first contact feature projects beyond a first lateral side of the staple driver. The alignment member extends through at least a portion of the staple driver. The first connecting portion rigidly connects the inner surface of the staple aperture with the staple driver in a connected state. The inwardly tapering portion of the inner surface or the staple driver is configured to guide the staple driver.

Surgical stapler cartridge with 3D printable features

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

Disclosed is a surgical instrument having a housing, an end-effector, and a user interface. The end-effector includes a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to a pole of an electrical generator. The clamp arm includes a clamp jaw pivotally movable about a pivot point, an electrode defining a surface configured to contact tissue and apply electrical energy to the tissue in contact therewith and configured to couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator. The user interface includes a first activation button switch to activate a first energy source and a second button switch to select an energy mode for the activation button switch.

User interface for surgical instrument with combination energy modality end-effector

A method of creating an anastomosis is provided using a stapling assembly including a body extending distally along a longitudinal axis and a deck member defining a deck surface. The deck surface includes a first array of staple openings comprising a herringbone pattern, and each staple opening of the first array of staple openings has a same size. The method includes positioning an anvil within a first lumen of a patient and positioning the stapling assembly within a second lumen of the patient. The method also includes releasably coupling the anvil with the stapling assembly and compressing tissue of the first and second lumens between the anvil and the deck member. The method further includes actuating a plurality of staple drivers to drive a first plurality of staples distally and parallel to the longitudinal axis from the first array of staple openings into the tissue to define the anastomosis.

Methods of forming an anastomosis between organs with an expandable pattern

In general, systems and methods for controlling operation of drug administration devices using surgical hubs are provided.

Controlling operation of drug administration devices using surgical hubs

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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Mason, OH, United States of America

Gregory J Bakos