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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2009
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, Ii, Maineville, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
Robert P. Gill, Mason, OH (US);
Darrel M. Powell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James W. Voegele, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Christopher J. Hess, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael A. Murray, Bellevue, KY (US);
Robert P. Gill, Mason, OH (US);
Darrel M. Powell, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for cutting and fastening tissue. In one embodiment, a surgical device can be used to at least partially transect a stomach by not cutting and/or not fastening a portion of tissue engaged in an end effector located at the device's distal end. A portion of the stomach can be engaged by the end effector, and the end effector can be actuated to cut and/or to apply one or more fasteners to tissue engaged in a distal portion of the end effector but not to cut and/or apply fasteners to tissue engaged in a proximal portion of the end effector. In a similar way, the surgical device can be used in any surgical procedure in which it is desired to cut and/or fasten a distal portion of tissue engaged by the end effector but not a proximal portion of tissue engaged by the end effector.