- Patent Title: Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser
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Application No.: US15463802Application Date: 2017-03-20
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Publication No.: US10293100B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Joseph C. Hueil , Jerome R. Morgan , Leslie M. Fugikawa
- Applicant: Ethicon LLC
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; A61M5/00 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/32

Abstract:
An end effector for use with a surgical instrument includes a plurality of staples, an agent reservoir comprising a medical agent, a dispensing passage configured to convey the medical agent from the agent reservoir to tissue, and a firing system which includes a cutting member, a movable member, and a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to simultaneously fire the plurality of staples and dispense at least a portion of the medical agent near the cutting member owing to the advancement of the firing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170319777A1 SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT HAVING A MEDICAL SUBSTANCE DISPENSER Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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