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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Shailendra K. Parihar, Mason, OH (US);
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical stapling instrument comprising a modular end effector and a housing assembly is disclosed. The modular end effector comprises a closure beam to receive a staple cartridge therein, a rotatable closure driver, a firing bar comprising a knife, and a rotatable firing driver. The closure beam is translatable through a closure stroke based on rotation of the rotatable closure driver, and the firing bar is translatable through a firing stroke based on rotation of the rotatable firing driver. The modular end effector is selectively coupleable to the housing assembly between a coupled configuration and an uncoupled configuration, and the modular end effector comprises a closure actuator and a firing actuator. The rotatable closure driver and the rotatable firing driver are to rotate based on the modular end effector being coupled to the housing assembly and actuation of the closure actuator and the firing actuator, respectively.