Invention Grant
- Patent Title: End effectors for surgical stapling instruments
- Patent Title (中): 外科缝合器械的终端执行器
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Application No.: US14195172Application Date: 2014-03-03
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Publication No.: US08925788B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Christopher J. Hess , William B. Weisenburgh, II , Carl J. Shurtleff
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Main IPC: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/135 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/11 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B19/00 ; A61B17/32

Abstract:
An end effector includes an anvil and a staple cartridge. The staple cartridge includes a first deck surface, a second deck surface, a plurality of first staple cavities arranged in a first row extending along the first deck surface, a plurality of second staple cavities arranged in a second row extending along the second deck surface, a plurality of third staple cavities arranged in a third row, a driven element, and a plurality of staples engaged with the driven element and deployed into the tissue. The plurality of staples include a first staple removably stored in the first row, a second staple removably stored in the second row, and a third staple removably stored in the third row.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140175156A1 SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT HAVING A RELEASABLE BUTTRESS MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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