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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Ethicon Endo-surgery, Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Kyle P. Moore, Woodstock, GA (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark H. Ransick, West Chester, OH (US);
Eugene L. Timperman, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A removable stapling attachment configured to be operably attached to a surgical device is disclosed. The removable stapling attachment comprises a staple cartridge carrier and a staple cartridge body. The removable stapling attachment further comprises a plurality of staples removably stored in the staple cartridge body, an anvil supported relative to the staple cartridge carrier and movable from an open position to a closed position, and a housing. The housing is removably attachable to the surgical device. The removable stapling attachment further comprises an electric motor attached to the housing. The electric motor is configured to produce rotational motion. The electric motor selectively receives power from a power source only when the housing is coupled to the surgical device. The removable stapling attachment further comprises drive means for converting the rotational motion produced by the electric motor to translational motion to eject the staples from the staple cartridge body.