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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, New Vienna, OH (US);
Joshua Uth, Mason, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, New Vienna, OH (US);
Joshua Uth, Mason, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument for being endoscopically or laparoscopically inserted into a surgical site for simultaneous stapling and severing of tissue includes an elongate channel that is configured to operably support a staple cartridge therein. An anvil is coupled to the elongate channel and is configured to interact therewith such that at least a mounting portion of the anvil can seatingly engage corresponding portions of the elongate channel at any one of a discrete number of predetermined locations to adjust a tissue clamping space between the anvil and the elongate channel in response to a thickness of tissue received between the elongate channel and the anvil and application of a closing motion to the anvil.