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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2012
Applicant:
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Andrew T. Beckman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eric W. Thompson, Pleasant Plain, OH (US);
Rachel M. Clair, Lebanon, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/32075 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical cutting instrument includes a first jaw member, a second jaw member movably supported relative to the first jaw member for selective movement between an open position and a closed position to clamp tissue therebetween upon application of a closing motion thereto, and a cutting member comprising a tissue cutting edge to cut the tissue clamped between the first jaw member and the second jaw member upon application of a retraction motion to the cutting member.
Published as:
US2014103093A1; WO2014062455A1; CN104736069A; EP2906128A1; IN2428DEN2015A; JP2015532150A; US9386985B2; RU2015118158A; BR112015008201A2; EP2906128B1; JP6316826B2; RU2661720C2; PL2906128T3; CN104736069B; BR112015008201B1;