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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Antonio Longo, Palermo, IT;
John R Bittner, Loveland, OH (US);
Randall L Hacker, Goshen, OH (US);
Federico Bilotti, Hamburg, DE;
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A circular sapling instrument for the removal of hemorrhoids has a stapling end effector having a casing, a hollow staple driver within the casing, an annular blade having an open distal end is located within the staple driver, and a elongated interior drive shaft is reciprocable within the staple driver and the annular blade. A first inner chamber is defined between the staple driver and the interior drive shaft, and a second inner chamber is defined between the annular blade and the drive shaft. The first chamber communicates with the second chamber. The casing has an exterior surface and a substantially unobstructed passageway extends within the casing surface, into the first inner chamber, into the second inner chamber, and through the open distal end of the second inner chamber for insertion and withdrawal of a surgical instrument therethrough.