Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Devicor Medical Products, Inc.

Cllag Gmbh International

Morgan Robert Hunter

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Jason L Harris

Taylor W Aronhalt

Austin E Wise

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Lauren S Weaner

Edward A Rhad

Andrew Paul Nock

Jessica Pyzoha Leimbach

Darwin L Schultz

Brian D Black

Jeffrey S Swayze

Patrick L Creamer

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Gregory J Bakos

Kyle P Moore

Sarah Alexandra Worthington

Thomas B Remm

Michael J Vendely

Shane R Adams

Adam R Dunki-Jacobs

Emmanuel V Tanghal

John Scott Ehlert

Douglas B Hoffman

Trevor W V Speeg

James A Vandewalle

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Adam David Hensel

Ismail Akram

Bryan Robert Keller

Brian DiNardo

Emily R Woodhouse

William S Honey

Edward G Colby

Helen S Clubb

Karl W Mueller

Jerome R Morgan

John A Hibner

Michael J Stokes

Chad E Eckert

Christopher Q Seow

Rachel Yoon Choung

Pierre R Mesnil

Jeffrey L Clark

Charles J Scheib

Mark S Zeiner

Mark D Overmyer

Richard William Timm

Cory G Kimball

Robert L Koch, Jr

Zhifan F Huang

Gregory G Scott

Kevin D Felder

Brian F Dinardo

Patrick Allen Mescher

John Kevin Bruce

Seth Daniel Holdmeyer

John Scott Kimsey

Jeffery D Bruns

John Matonick

Tyler N Brehm

James M McKale

Disha V Estera

Robert Householder

Kathryn M Dodd

Austin J Bridges

Laura S Downing

John R Andrisek

Daniel V Jones

Yvan D Nguetio Tchoumkeu

James B Richardson

Ryan W McGhee

John E Feds

Mikhail E Bashtanov

Melody L Mitro

Zhijun Liu

Austin M Fischer

Diana M Darpel

Richard D Lintern

Rita Stella

Nathan P K Nguyen

Simon L Calcutt

Elisa J Barber

Matthew K Sadler

Christopher J Waid

Marcus D Muffet

Iii Chester O Baxter

Jeffrey Leal Clark

Iv Frederick E Shelton

Frederick E Shelton Iv

John S Ehlert

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 surgical instrument includes an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an axial location feature. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm that can move between an open and closed position. The shaft assembly includes a proximal shaft portion, an acoustic waveguide extending proximally from the ultrasonic blade, a distal shaft portion extending along a distal axis, and an articulation section interposed between the proximal shaft portion and the distal shaft portion. The articulation section can deflect the distal shaft portion and the end effector relative to the longitudinal axis between a non-deflected position and a deflected position. The axial location feature can inhibit the ultrasonic blade from shifting relative to the clamp arm along the distal axis as the end effector is driven between the non-deflected position and the deflected position.

Ultrasonic blade and clamp arm alignment features

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

A staple cartridge comprising a power management circuit is disclosed.

Staple cartridge comprising a power management circuit

A surgical instrument includes an end effector having a clamp arm pivotable relative to an ultrasonic blade, an articulation section configured to deflect the end effector, an acoustic waveguide having a distal portion extending along an axis, a clamp arm closure assembly comprising a body configured to actuate in order to drive the pivoting of the clamp arm, and a clamp arm clocking assembly. The clamp arm clocking assembly is capable of driving rotation of the clamp arm about the axis relative to the ultrasonic blade between a first clocked position and a second clocked position. The clamp arm clocking assembly includes a rotating body pivotally coupled with the clamp arm, a translating drive extending through the articulation section, and a rotation driver assembly. The rotation driver is in communication with the translating driver to convert translational motion of the translating driver into rotational motion of the rotating body.

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with a clamp arm clocking assembly

Disclosed is a surgical end effector for use with a surgical instrument. The surgical end effector comprises a jaw, and a staple cartridge seatable in the jaw. The staple cartridge comprises a sensor array configured to take measurements corresponding to a parameter associated with a function of the surgical instrument, a processor, and a memory storing program instructions. The memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform an initial calibration of the sensor array, determine an initial adjustment to the measurements based on the initial calibration, perform an in-use calibration of the sensor array, and modify the initial adjustment based on the in-use calibration.

Monitoring of manufacturing life-cycle

A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a firing member movable distally from a home position to effect a first firing motion in the end effector, wherein the firing member is movable proximally toward the home position in a return motion, and a lockout pawl. The firing member has a cam slot, a protrusion, and a retaining pocket. The lockout pawl has a cam feature receivable in the cam slot during the return motion, wherein the cam slot is configured to guide the cam feature and move the lockout pawl toward a locking engagement with the protrusion to prevent a second firing motion of the firing member, and wherein the retaining pocket is configured to receive the cam feature to releasably secure the firing member to the lockout pawl when the firing member is in the home position.

Surgical stapler knife motion controls

A surgical instrument includes an end effector, and a shaft assembly. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade, a rotating body, and a clamp arm movable between an open and a closed position. The shaft assembly extends along an axis and includes clamp arm clocking assembly and a clamp arm pivot assembly. The clamp arm clocking assembly can drive the rotating body and the clamp arm between a first clocked position and a second clocked position. The clamp arm pivot assembly includes an actuator body defining a track, where the actuator body can actuate to drive the clamp arm between the open position and the closed position while the actuator body is in a rotational position relative to the ultrasonic blade. The track houses a portion of the clamp arm in the first clocked position and the second clocked position while the actuator body is in the rotational position.

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with axisymmetric clamping

A surgical end effector includes a cartridge. The cartridge includes first and second sensor arrays disposed in the cartridge. The first sensor array is configured to sense a function of a first component located within the cartridge and the second sensor array is configured to sense a function of a second component located within the cartridge. The first and second sensor arrays are electrically coupled to an electronic circuit. The electronic circuit includes a control circuit configured to receive signal samples from the first sensor array, receive signal samples from the second sensor array, and process the signals samples received from the first and second sensor arrays to determine a status of the cartridge.

Monitoring of internal systems to detect and track cartridge motion status

A surgical instrument comprising a staple cartridge and at least two independent antenna arrays configured to communicate with the staple cartridge.

Stapling instrument comprising a separate power antenna and a data transfer antenna

Cartridge body design with force reduction based on firing completion

A surgical instrument is disclosed herein. The surgical instrument can include an end effector that includes jaws configured to transition between an opened condition and a closed condition, a plurality of electrodes positioned within the jaws of the end effector, a control circuit, and a memory configured to store an algorithm configured to cause the control circuit to determine an impedance signal based on signals received from the plurality of electrodes, detect a media positioned between the jaws of the end effector based on the determined impedance signal, determine a position of the detected media based on the received signals, and generate an alert associated with the detected media and the determined position.

Devices, systems, and methods for detecting tissue and foreign objects during a surgical operation

An adjunct configured for use with an end effector of a surgical stapler includes a tissue-effecting portion comprising a first material, and at least one movable attachment feature coupled to the tissue-effecting portion and comprising a second material different from the first material. The at least one movable attachment feature is configured to releasably attach the tissue-effecting portion to a stapling surface of the end effector. The tissue-effecting portion is configured to contact tissue clamped by the end effector during closure thereof. The tissue-effecting portion is further configured to be pierced and captured by staples ejected from the end effector into the clamped tissue and thereby reinforce the engagement between the ejected staples and the clamped tissue.

Discrete adjunct attachment features for surgical stapler

A method for establishing signal and power communication between a surgical instrument and a staple cartridge is disclosed.

Method of powering and communicating with a staple cartridge

A staple cartridge is disclosed, for use with a surgical instrument, having a cartridge body including a proximal end, a distal end, and staple cavities, staples removably stored in said staple cavities, a sled movable toward said distal end during a staple firing stroke to eject said staples from said staple cavities, a sensor configured to detect the position of said sled; a cartridge control circuit in communication with said sensor; and at least one memory device in communication with said cartridge control circuit, wherein said cartridge control circuit is configured to store data in said at least one memory device regarding operation of the staple cartridge.

Staple cartridge comprising an information access control system

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Morgan Robert Hunter