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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Dylan R. Kingsley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Jason G. Weihe, Longmont, CO (US);
William Whitney, Boulder, CO (US);
Zachary S. Heiliger, Nederland, CO (US);
Curtis M. Siebenaller, Frederick, CO (US);
Crystal A. Adams, Westminster, CO (US);
David D. Brause, Longmont, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members configured to grasp tissue. At least one of the jaw members defines a channel. A cutting element reciprocates through the channel to cut grasped tissue. The cutting element may include a first bevel defined along a first portion of a distal edge on a first side surface of the cutting element and a second bevel defined along a second portion of the distal edge on a second side surface of the cutting element. The first and second portions of the distal edge are sharpened to facilitate cutting tissue upon distal advancement of the cutting element. Alternatively or additionally, the cutting element may include a proximal body and a distal fin defining a height greater than a height of the proximal body and including a thinned portion defining a depression within a first side surface thereof.