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Patent No.:

US 12295572 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2021

Knife for surgical stapler and associated method of manufacture with mim and hip

Applicant:

Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Anil K. Nalagatla, Mason, OH (US);

Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Chester O. Baxter, Iii, Loveland, OH (US);

Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);

Assignee:

Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;

Attorney:

Frost Brown Todd LLP

Primary Examiner:

Robert F Long

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); B21K 11/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2013.01); B21K 11/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is used to manufacture a knife of an end effector of a surgical instrument. The method includes forming the knife using metal injection molding. The knife has at least one feature having a molded shape. The method also includes machining the at least one feature of the knife to have a machined shape without machining the entire knife. The method also includes incorporating the knife into the end effector of the surgical instrument.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nalagatla, Anil. (2025). Knife for surgical stapler and associated method of manufacture with mim and hip (U.S. Patent No. 12295572). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12295572

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