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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Adi Tsalach-Weiss, New Haven, CT (US);
Drew R. Seils, Guilford, CT (US);
Steven H. Joyce, Durham, CT (US);
David Scampoli, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Stephen R. Paul, East Hartford, CT (US);
Kelly A. Azeredo, Killingworth, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 1/00121 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical stapling device includes a visualization device that extends through a body of the stapling device to facilitate visualization of tissue that surrounds an end effector of the stapling device. An anvil assembly of the surgical stapling device is adapted to facilitate passage of the visualization device through the anvil assembly.