Cilag International Gmbh

Ethicon, Gmbh

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Tylor C Muhlenkamp

Craig N Faller

Jeffrey David Messerly

Benjamin D Dickerson

Jacob Spencer Gee

John B Schulte

Kristen G Denzinger

Ryan M Asher

William Bruce Weisenburgh, Ii

Richard William Timm

Barry C Worrell

Cory G Kimball

Kevin Michael Fiebig

Sean P Conlon

Brian D Black

Ashvani K Madan

David James Cagle

Michael R Lamping

Brian D Bertke

David Alexander Monroe

Joseph E Hollo

Frederick E Shelton, IV

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Charles J Scheib

Chad Paul Boudreaux

Foster B Stulen

Geoffrey S Strobl

William D Dannaher

Frederick L Estera

William A Olson

John A Hibner

Gregory W Johnson

Patrick A Weizman

William David Kelly

Craig T Davis

Paul F Riestenberg

Eric B Smith

Thomas C Gallmeyer

Jason R Sullivan

Kevin L Houser

Daniel W Price

Timothy G Dietz

Stephen M Leuck

Sora Rhee

Patrick Jarvis Scoggins

Douglas J Turner

Elizabeth DeBenedictis

Matthew C Miller

Adam David Hensel

Richard C Smith

Seth Daniel Holdmeyer

Timothy S Holland

Cara Shapiro

Kristen L D'Uva

William B Weisenburgh

Amy L Benchek

Jason L Harris

David C Yates

Jeffrey S Swayze

Gregory J Bakos

Michael J Stokes

Jeffrey L Aldridge

Daniel J Mumaw

Rudolph Henry Nobis

Gregory A Trees

David T Martin

David Keith Norvell

Kevin D Felder

Disha V Labhasetwar

Benjamin J Danziger

Shan Wan

Benjamin M Boyd

Steven P Smolik

Phillip H Clauda

Jeffrey A Bullock

Christina M Hough

Katelynn Kramer

Anil K Nalagatla

John V Hunt

Geoffrey C Hueil

John E Brady

Stephen J Balek

Chad S Frampton

Rafael J Ruiz Ortiz

Matthew D Cowperthwait

Christopher Q Seow

Matthew S Schneider

Tamara S Vetro Widenhouse

Michael D Ehninger

David C Groene

Karalyn R Tellio

Leonardo N Rossoni

Risto Kojcev

Devanathan Raghavan

Jacqueline C Aronhalt

Ryan W McGhee

Kevin Bash

Felix J Bork

Glenn W Ellison

Brian J Walter

A system, method, and device for displaying relevant augmented reality (AR) content to a surgical staff members without over-saturating the augmented display with virtual elements. The surgical staff members (e.g., doctors, nurses, surgeons, technicians, etc.) require AR content that is delicately balanced between displaying helpful information without distracting the surgeon. A surgical hub receives a plurality of inputs related to surgical environment and displays only necessary information to allow the surgeon to provide effective care to the patient, based on a determined trigger event.

Utilizing contextual parameters of one or more surgical devices to predict a frequency interval for displaying surgical information

The present disclosure is directed to end effectors. An end effector includes an outer shaft extending along a longitudinal axis and an inner shaft partially located within the outer shaft. The end effector may include an ultrasonic blade. The inner shaft may include biased and unbiased portions. The inner shaft and outer shaft may be translatable relative to one another. At one translatable position, the biased portion of the inner shaft may be located within the outer shaft and the unbiased portion may be substantially straight along the longitudinal axis. At another translatable position, the biased portion of the inner shaft may be located outside of and distally positioned from the outer shaft such that the biased portion of the inner shaft is bent away from the longitudinal axis.

Surgical instruments with articulating shafts

A surgical apparatus includes a body assembly, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and a rigidizing member. The shaft extends distally from the body assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. The acoustic waveguide includes a flexible portion. The articulation section is coupled with the shaft. A portion of the articulation section encompasses the flexible portion of the waveguide. The articulation section includes a first member and a second member. The second member is longitudinally translatable relative to the first member. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the waveguide. The rigidizing member is configured to selectively engage at least a portion of the articulation section to thereby selectively provide rigidity to the articulation section.

Ultrasonic surgical instrument with movable rigidizing member

A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and an articulation drive assembly. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The acoustic waveguide is coupled with the transducer. The articulation section includes a collar that is located distal to a nodal portion of the waveguide and is operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The articulation drive assembly is operable to drive articulation of the articulation section. The articulation drive assembly comprises at least one translating articulation driver coupled with the collar. The ultrasonic blade is operable to deliver ultrasonic vibrations to tissue even when the articulation section is in an articulated state.

Articulation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

An apparatus includes a shaft assembly, an ultrasonic blade, and a clamp assembly. The shaft assembly includes an acoustic waveguide operable to transmit ultrasonic vibrations to the blade. The clamp assembly includes a clamp arm pivotable toward and away from the blade about a pivot axis, to clamp tissue between the clamp arm and the blade. A rotation feature may provide rotation of the blade relative to the clamp arm about the longitudinal axis of the waveguide. Alternatively, the rotation feature may provide rotation of the clamp arm relative to the blade about the longitudinal axis. The rotation feature may be driven based on pivotal positioning of the clamp arm relative to the blade about the pivot axis. The rotation feature may selectively lock and unlock the angular position of either the blade or the clamp arm about the longitudinal axis at any of a number of predetermined angular positions.

Rotation features for ultrasonic surgical instrument

A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed. The surgical stapling assembly can include a first jaw, a second jaw, an articulation joint, a closure drive comprising a first flexible rotary drive extending through the articulation joint, and a firing drive comprising a second flexible rotary drive extending through the articulation joint and rotatable independent of the first flexible rotary drive. The surgical stapling assembly can further include a 3D-printed component. The surgical stapling assembly can be configured to form different staple shapes, such as non-planar staples and planar staples, can include an eccentrically-driven firing assembly, and/or can include a floatable component. The surgical stapling assembly can include a staple cartridge including a longitudinal support beam.

Rotary-driven surgical stapling assembly comprising a floatable component

An apparatus includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The handle assembly includes a body and an actuator. The actuator includes a rotary member that is configured to be driven by a finger of a hand that grasps the handle body. The shaft assembly includes an external sheath that is fixed to the handle body and an inner shaft that is coupled to the actuator. The inner shaft is configured to slide longitudinally relative to the external sheath in response to rotation of the first rotary member relative to the handle body. The end effector is configured to encompass a bodily lumen and includes a flexible member extending distally from the inner shaft. A first coupling element is fixed to the distal tip of the flexible member. A second coupling element is fixed to the external sheath. The flexible member defines an adjustable loop.

Esophagus sizing instrument

An apparatus includes at least one link and a plurality of beads. The plurality of beads are joined using the at least one link and configured to be arranged in an annular arrangement. Each bead includes at least one magnet. The annular arrangement is sized and configured to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. Adjacent beads are magnetically attracted together at a plurality of magnetic interfaces that include first and second magnetic interfaces. The first magnetic interface has a first magnetic field strength. The second magnetic interface has a second magnetic field strength that is less than the first magnetic field strength so that the beads forming the second interface are configured to separate prior to the beads forming the first interface when the loop moves from the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration, thereby providing uniform radial expansion of the loop.

Implantable sphincter assistance device with controlled homogeneous dilation of the restricting elements

An apparatus includes at least one link and a plurality of beads. The plurality of beads is joined using the at least one link and is configured to be arranged in an annular arrangement. The annular arrangement is sized and configured to form a loop around an anatomical structure in a patient. The annular arrangement is configured to move between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. The loop in the contracted configuration is configured to prevent fluid flow through the anatomical structure. Each bead includes a housing, a magnet contained within the housing, and a secondary element that is different from the magnet. The magnet is configured to emit a magnetic field. The magnets of the plurality of beads are configured to magnetically bias the loop toward the contracted configuration. The secondary element is contained within the housing and is configured to increase the magnetic field of the magnet.

Implantable sphincter assistance device with redirected or focused magnetic fields for interaction between adjacent beads

A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed. The surgical stapling assembly can include a first jaw, a second jaw, an articulation joint, a closure drive comprising a first flexible rotary drive extending through the articulation joint, and a firing drive comprising a second flexible rotary drive extending through the articulation joint and rotatable independent of the first flexible rotary drive. The surgical stapling assembly can further include a 3D-printed component.

Method of using a powered stapling device

Systems, devices, and methods are operable to track usage of a surgical instrument and modify the performance of the surgical instrument based on the prior usage of the surgical instrument. Some surgical instruments are designed to have a limited service life beginning at their first use, or a limit to their overall usage in order to ensure safe use of the sensitive instruments. However, a lack of ability to track usage characteristics when the instrument is separated from an external power supply allows for user abuse and avoidance of such safety mechanisms. Adding a battery or capacitor to the instrument may allow for an ability to track usage when the instrument is separated from an external power supply. Implementing special user prompts, device use ratios, and device use half-life upon powering down of an instrument may additionally be used to prevent circumvention of safety features.

System and method to track usage of surgical instrument

Rotary-driven surgical stapling assembly comprising eccentrically driven firing member

An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a shield member. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The ultrasonic blade is configured to vibrate at an ultrasonic frequency. The clamp arm is movable toward the ultrasonic blade to compress tissue against the ultrasonic blade. The shield member is selectively movable from a first position to a second position in response to movement of the clamp arm toward the ultrasonic blade. The shield member is configured cover at least a first portion of the ultrasonic blade in the first position. The shield member is configured to uncover the first portion of the ultrasonic blade in the second position.

Shielding features for ultrasonic blade of a surgical instrument

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Tylor C Muhlenkamp