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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Sgroi, Jr., Wallingford, CT (US);
Justin Williams, Southbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/347 (2013.01);
Abstract
A trocar assembly for releasable engagement with an adapter assembly of a surgical stapling instrument includes a trocar mechanism that includes a trocar member that is at least one of rotatable or articulable relative to a housing of the trocar assembly.