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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Chowaniec, Madison, CT (US);
Xingrui Chen, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Peter T. Collings, Shelton, CT (US);
Luis Dussan, East Haven, CT (US);
Paul D. Richard, Shelton, CT (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a surgical apparatus, comprising an anvil jaw configured to form at least one surgical staple, a cartridge jaw configured to deploy one or more surgical staples against the anvil jaw, and a pressure distribution device attached to at least one of the anvil jaw and the cartridge jaw, wherein the pressure distribution device is configured to distribute a clamping pressure to a target tissue during a clamping and a stapling of the target tissue.