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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Matthew D. Cowperthwait, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Christopher Denzinger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Shane R. Adams, Lebanon, OH (US);
Eric Lafay, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/30 (2015.12); A61B 17/115 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1155 (2012.12); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a stapling apparatus. The apparatus includes a trocar, a stapling head assembly, and an anvil. The stapling head assembly includes one or more lights positioned on a surface of a tubular casing of the stapling head assembly, the lights extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the stapling head assembly. The row of lights provide an illumination system to provide indicators of device orientation or location.