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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2019
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Emily A. Schellin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Swayze, West Chester, OH (US);
Gary W. Knight, West Chester, OH (US);
Brian F. Dinardo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for stabilizing fasteners post-deployment. Devices and methods are also provided for facilitating ejection of surgical fasteners from a cartridge. Devices and methods are also provided for guiding surgical fasteners. Devices and methods are also provided for facilitating closing and clamping of an end effector of a surgical device. Devices and methods are also provided for securing fasteners and adjunct materials to tissue. Devices and methods are also provided for removably coupling a cartridge to an end effector of a surgical device. Devices and methods are also provided for locking a surgical device based on loading of a fastener cartridge in the surgical device. Devices and methods are provided for adjusting a tissue gap of an end effector of a surgical device. Devices and methods are also provided for manually retracting a drive shaft, drive beam, and associated components.