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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Lawrence Crainich, Charlestown, NH (US);
Inventor:
Lawrence Crainich, Charlestown, NH (US);
Assignee:
Design Standards Corporation, Charlestown, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical stapling and cutting method comprises: inserting tissue between jaws of a stapler/cutter end effector; closing the jaws; progressively ejecting staples from a first jaw, the progression being from an open distal end of the end effector toward a proximal end of the end effector; and drawing a blade through the tissue in a direction from the distal end toward the proximal end. Apparatus may be provided for performing the method.
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