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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Adam D. Hensel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical stapling instrument includes a shaft assembly and an end effector. The end effector includes a first jaw having an anvil, and a second jaw. The instrument also includes a stapling assembly supported by the second jaw and including a plurality of staples, a staple actuator, and a driver assembly. The driver assembly includes a laterally-opposed pair of distal drivers that receive respective staples, a proximal driver that receives a respective staple, and a cam surface. The staple actuator is configured to engage the cam surface during distal translation of the staple actuator to drive the respective staples into contact with the anvil. The staple actuator and the cam surface are configured such that, when the respective staples contact the anvil, the engagement between the staple actuator and the cam surface is centered at a location along the cam surface distal of a centroid of the first driver assembly.