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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Chester O. Baxter, Iii, Loveland, OH (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Danius P. Silkaitis, Mason, OH (US);
Jeffrey P. Wiley, Milford, OH (US);
Paul T. Franer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John B. Schulte, West Chester, OH (US);
Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);
Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US);
John V. Hunt, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Danius P. Silkaitis, Mason, OH (US);
Jeffrey P. Wiley, Milford, OH (US);
Paul T. Franer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John B. Schulte, West Chester, OH (US);
Daniel J. Abbott, Loveland, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Introducers for introducing a surgical circular stapler into a patient. Various embodiments comprise a hollow flexible sheath that has a distal end and an open proximal end that is sized to receive a stapling head portion of the circular stapler therein. A rigid cap assembly is attached to the distal end of the hollow flexible sheath. The rigid cap assembly may be configured to selectively move between a closed position wherein a distal face of the stapling head is covered when inserted therein and an open position wherein the cap assembly may be withdrawn from around the stapling head and elongated shaft. A release arrangement interfaces with the rigid cap assembly such that upon an application of a release motion thereto, the rigid cap is movable from the closed position to the open position.