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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stephen J. Balek, Springsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, an end effector for cutting and stapling tissue is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw, wherein one of the first jaw and the second jaw comprises a plurality of staple cavities arranged in a plurality of curved staple cavity rows, wherein the second jaw is moveable relative to the first jaw between an open orientation and a closed orientation, and wherein the second jaw tilts and pivots toward the first jaw when the second jaw moves between the open orientation and the closed orientation. The end effector further comprises a plurality of staples removably positioned in the plurality of staple cavities.