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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2010
Applicants:
James J. Bedi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, Iii, Loveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
James J. Bedi, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical stapling instrument and, in addition, a staple cartridge comprising a cutting member positioned therein. The staple cartridge can comprise alignment features configured to align the cutting member of the staple cartridge with a distal end of a drive bar when the staple cartridge is assembled to the surgical stapling instrument.
Published as:
US2010213241A1; CA2793295A1; WO2011115780A1; AU2011227615A1; EP2547267A1; CN102933159A; JP2013521934A; US8540133B2; AU2011227615B2; CN102933159B; JP5897541B2; BR112012023435A2; CA2793295C; EP2547267B1; BR112012023435B1; PL2547267T3;