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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Penna, Guilford, CT (US);
Boris Vestweber, Pembroke, BM;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1152 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of inserting a circular stapling apparatus into a body lumen includes inserting a distal portion of a shell assembly of the circular stapling apparatus in an entrance to a body lumen, introducing an insufflation fluid through an aperture defined in an outer surface of the shell assembly, and inserting a remainder of the shell assembly and a portion of an elongated member into the body lumen. Introducing the insufflation fluid through the aperture flows insufflation fluid into the body lumen.