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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Joseph C. Hueil, Loveland, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leslie M. Fugikawa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end effector for use with a surgical system is disclosed. The end effector comprises a medical adjunct gradually releasable from the end effector, a pair of jaws configured to grasp tissue therebetween, a firing member, and a cutting member configured to cut the tissue and gradually release the medical adjunct from the end effector in an overlapping timeframe, based on advancement of the firing member.
Published as:
US2010181364A1; CA2786038A1; AU2011209890A1; US8215531B2; US2012273551A1; EP2528513A1; JP2013517891A; US8517244B2; CN103384499A; US2013313306A1; RU2012136821A; RU2559019C2; CN103384499B; BR112012018993A2; US2017319777A1; CA2786038C; BR112012018993A8; US10293100B2; US2020046893A1; BR112012018993B1; US11135352B2;