- Patent Title: Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser
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Application No.: US13952937Application Date: 2013-07-29
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Publication No.: US09603991B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Joseph C. Hueil , Jerome R. Morgan , Leslie M. Fugikawa
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Main IPC: A61B17/068
- IPC: A61B17/068 ; A61M5/00 ; A61B17/072 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/32

Abstract:
In various embodiments, a surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system comprises a medicament and a surgical instrument comprising a plurality of staples, a cavity configured to store the medicament, a delivery passage configured to convey the medicament from the cavity to tissue, and a firing system. The firing system comprises a movable member and a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to concurrently fire the plurality of staples and deliver at least a portion of the medicament to the tissue owing to advancement of the firing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130313306A1 SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT HAVING A MEDICAL SUBSTANCE DISPENSER Public/Granted day:2013-11-28
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