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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Standard Bariatrics, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jonathan Thompson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Bennie Thompson, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Richard P. Nuchols, Williamsburg, OH (US);
Abstract
An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw has a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, and an anvil, which has an anvil face positionable on a first side of the anatomical structure. The second jaw has a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, and a cartridge, which has a cartridge face positionable on a second side of the anatomical structure. The end effector includes a first coupling that couples the first end of the first jaw to the first end of the second jaw; and a second coupling that movably couples the second end of the first jaw to the second end of the second jaw and includes a rigid link connected to the first jaw and the second jaw.