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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. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Edward G. Chekan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Tamara S. Vetro Widenhouse, Clarksville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 17/22004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical system comprises an end effector for operating on tissue and a screen positioned around the end effector. The screen is fluidly coupled with a suction source by a conduit such as a tube. The screen is configured to communicate suction through the screen while preventing tissue from contacting the end effector. The screen is further configured to retract proximally relative to the end effector to thereby expose the end effector.