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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2022
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);
Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Hilary A. Reinhardt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel L. Baber, West Chester, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method of surgical stapling that uses a surgical instrument operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector with a pair of jaws. A placement tip extends distally from one of the jaws of the end effector. The method includes positioning the end effector at a desired site for surgical stapling. The method also includes controlling one or more of the jaws of the end effector to place the end effector in an open position. The method also includes positioning the end effector such that tissue is located between the jaws. The method also includes clamping the tissue between the jaws by moving at least one of the jaws toward the other jaw. The method also includes advancing a firing beam of the apparatus from a proximal position to a distal position.