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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Ryan Bledsoe, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Joseph P. Schowalter, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector that is operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The end effector includes an anvil and a cartridge. The anvil has a curved tip. The curved tip is elastically deformable from a biased curved position when the tip is subject to a force, such as the force exerted on the anvil when tissue is clamped between the anvil and cartridge. The curved and deformable features of anvil provide for an end effector with improved visualization and maneuverability, in particular during procedures involving marching.