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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Joseph C. Hueil, Loveland, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leslie M. Fugikawa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system comprises a medicament and a surgical instrument comprising a plurality of staples, a cavity configured to store the medicament, a delivery passage configured to convey the medicament from the cavity to tissue, and a firing system. The firing system comprises a movable member and a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to concurrently fire the plurality of staples and deliver at least a portion of the medicament to the tissue owing to advancement of the firing member.
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