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Stapling instrument comprising resettable staple drivers

A nail driver, surgical stapling instrument technology, applied in the direction of surgical fixation nails, surgical forceps, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2014-07-02
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC
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Although these procedures are adequate for their intended purpose, they still require considerable execution time

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[0051] The applicant of the present application also owns the following U.S. patent applications, which were filed on the same date as the present application, and each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety:

[0052] FIRING MEMBER DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STAPLING INSTRUMENT, Attorney Docket No. END6853USNP / 100538, Inventor: Brett Swensgard;

[0053] STAPLING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STAPLE CARTRIDGES STORED THEREIN; Attorney Docket No. END6854USNP / 100539, Inventor: Brett Swensgard; and

[0054] CONTINUOUS STAPLING INSTRUMENT, Attorney Docket No. END6866USNP / 100552, Inventor: Brett Swensgard.

[0055] Certain exemplary embodiments will now be described to provide an overall understanding of the structure, function, manufacture, and use of the devices and methods disclosed herein. One or more examples of these embodiments are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the devices and me...

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A surgical stapling instrument (100) comprises a handle (160) comprising a trigger; a shaft (110) in which a plurality of staple cartridges (130) positioned, wherein each said staple cartridge comprises a cartridge body (132) and a plurality of staples (190); a jaw (121) configured to receive a staple cartridge, a plurality of staple drivers (180) positioned within the jaw configured to eject staples from the staple cartridge, and a firing member (170) configured to engage the staple drivers as the firing member is advanced from an unfired position to a fired position. The instrument further comprises a cartridge driver (140) configured to sequentially advance a said staple cartridge (130) into the channel (122) of the jaw (121).

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Background technique [0001] As with previous surgical stapling instruments, a surgical stapling instrument may include a handle, a shaft, and an end effector, wherein the end effector may be inserted into a surgical site in a patient to suture and / or open a surgical site located at the surgical site. tissues within the site. In various embodiments, the end effector is capable of receiving a staple cartridge, wherein after the staple cartridge has been at least partially consumed, the staple cartridge can be removed from the end effector and replaced with a new, unspent staple cartridge. In order to replace the staple cartridge, in each case the end effector must be removed from the surgical site. While these programs are adequate for their intended purpose, they still require considerable execution time. Improvements over the foregoing are disclosed herein; however, this discussion of prior surgical stapling instruments is not intended to limit the scope of the claims in any...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B17/072
CPCA61B2017/07285A61B2017/07235A61B2017/2923A61B17/07292A61B17/07207A61B2017/07271A61B2017/07278
Inventor B·E·斯文斯加德
Owner ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC