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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2025
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Jeffery Bruns, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Nicholas A. Wilson, Montgomery, OH (US);
Nicholas Fanelli, Morrow, OH (US);
Kevin Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John May, Milford, OH (US);
Marissa Talia Kamenir, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a first and second jaws () that cooperate to clamp and staple tissue. The second jaw includes a jaw body () and a distal tip (A,B) pivotable relative to the jaw body between first and second discrete positions. The apparatus further includes first and second stops (A,B,C) configured to constrain the pivotable motion of the distal tip (A,B), and a spring () configured to exert a resilient force against a proximal protrusion () of the distal tip in a first direction when in the first position and exert the resilient force against the proximal protrusion in a second, different, direction, when in the second position, the direction of the resilient force of the spring exerted against the proximal protrusion transitioning from one of the first and second directions to the other when the distal tip is transitioned between positions.