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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Cardica, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Cara C. H. Motooka, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brendan M. Donohoe, Fairfax, CA (US);
Bryan D. Knodel, Flagstaff, AZ (US);
Dextera Surgical Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling device is configured for use in open and/or laparoscopic surgical procedures. The device includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly coupled to the handle assembly, and an end-effector coupled to the shaft assembly. The end-effector comprises of a jaw assembly configured to clamp, staple, and/or cut a target tissue. The handle assembly comprises of a trigger element that can activate a drive assembly to advance a clamp drive assembly to clamp the aforementioned target tissue. The clamp drive assembly comprises of a clamp slide member to either advance the clamp drive assembly in a first direction or retreat the clamp drive assembly in a second direction. The clamp drive assembly is movably coupled to a clamp driver member. Movement of the clamp driver member operates clamping operations of a jaw assembly of the surgical stapling device.