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8157149 |
Crimp and release of suture holding buttress material
A mechanism is provided for crimping and releasing a suture securing a strip of buttress material to an end effector. The mechanism includes a retention member movably mounted within the end...
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8157148 |
Surgical stapling apparatus with locking mechanism
The present disclosure provides for a loading unit for use with and/or supportable on a distal end of a surgical stapling apparatus. The loading unit includes a housing portion including a distal...
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8141763 |
Anvil assembly with improved cut ring
An anvil assembly for use with a surgical stapler is provided. The anvil assembly includes a cut ring assembly having a body and a cover. The cover has a first layer of material having a first...
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8132704 |
Surgical device
A surgical device includes a first jaw and a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw between a first position, in which the first and second jaws are aligned within a plane, and a second...
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8061577 |
Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device including an independently rotatable tool assembly is disclosed. The tool assembly includes an anvil and a cartridge assembly which are movable in relation to each other...
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8033442 |
Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device including an independently rotatable tool assembly is disclosed. The tool assembly includes an anvil and a cartridge assembly which are movable in relation to each other...
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8028882 |
Anvil position detector for a surgical stapler
An anvil position detector is provided for use with a surgical stapling instrument. The anvil position detector includes a projection formed on a driving or jaw closure mechanism of the surgical...
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8016177 |
Staple buttress retention system
A surgical stapling instrument is provided having systems for securing buttress material to the anvil and staple containing cartridge associated with the surgical instrument. The system includes a...
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8016178 |
Surgical stapling apparatus
A loading unit for use with a surgical stapling apparatus is provided and includes a tool assembly having a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly that are movable in relation to one another; a...
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7988027 |
Crimp and release of suture holding buttress material
A mechanism is provided for crimping and releasing a suture securing a strip of buttress material to an end effector. The mechanism includes a retention member movably mounted within the end...
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7967179 |
Center cinch and release of buttress material
A buttressed anvil assembly is provided for use with a surgical stapling instrument. The buttressed anvil assembly generally includes an anvil member having a strip of buttress material attached...
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7954682 |
Surgical instrument with elements to communicate between control unit and end effector
A surgical instrument, such as an endoscopic or laparoscopic instrument, includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The shaft includes a first sensor element. An end effector is...
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7950560 |
Powered surgical instrument
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a drive gear, a drive motor, a shift motor and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the...
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7845533 |
Detachable buttress material retention systems for use with a surgical stapling device
Systems of releasably connecting staple line buttress material to the jaws of a surgical stapling instrument are provided. The systems include retainers configured to engage the buttress material...
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7819299 |
Surgical instrument having a common trigger for actuating an end effector closing system and a staple firing system
A surgical instrument including a trigger which can be configured to close a jaw member upon a first actuation of the trigger and advance a staple driver and/or cutting member upon a subsequent, or...
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7819896 |
Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device including an independently rotatable tool assembly is disclosed. The tool assembly includes an anvil and a cartridge assembly which are movable in relation to each other...
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7815092 |
Staple pocket arrangement for surgical stapler
A staple pocket arrangement on the anvil portion of a surgical stapler device includes pairs of staple pockets corresponding to each one of a plurality of staples to be closed. The staple pockets...
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7803151 |
System and method for calibrating a surgical instrument
A calibration system for a surgical instrument. The calibration system includes an actuator, such as a motor system and a flexible shaft. The calibration system also includes a surgical instrument...
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7780054 |
Surgical instrument with laterally moved shaft actuator coupled to pivoting articulation joint
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including a laterally sliding member in a proximal portion of a shaft that pivots the end effector to a...
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7780055 |
Loading unit having drive assembly locking mechanism
A disposable loading unit is provided which includes a tool assembly and a body portion. A drive assembly is movably positioned at least partly within the body portion and is operably associated...
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7770773 |
Surgical device
A surgical device includes a first jaw and a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw between a first position, in which the first and second jaws are aligned within a plane, and a second...
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7766207 |
Articulating curved cutter stapler
An articulating surgical stapler having a proximal end and a distal end includes a handle at the proximal end and an end effector at the distal end for selective articulation to improve access to...
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7699871 |
Surgical instrument
A surgical instrument for applying a fastener to tissue. The fastener includes a male component including a base having a hole, a needle receivable in the hole, and a female component including a...
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7690547 |
Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device including an independently rotatable tool assembly is disclosed. The tool assembly includes an anvil and a cartridge assembly which are movable in relation to each other...
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7682367 |
Surgical stapling apparatus
A surgical stapling apparatus, including a frame, an endoscopic portion, a clamp handle, a firing handle, a tool assembly and a drive beam is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from...
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7673780 |
Articulation joint with improved moment arm extension for articulating an end effector of a surgical instrument
An articulation joint for use in connection with a surgical instrument that has a portion that must be passed through a trocar or similar structure and then articulated relative to another portion...
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7665647 |
Surgical cutting and stapling device with closure apparatus for limiting maximum tissue compression force
A surgical instrument for being endoscopically or laparoscopically inserted into a surgical site for simultaneous stapling and severing of tissue includes an elongate channel that is configured to...
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7654431 |
Surgical instrument with guided laterally moving articulation member
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including a laterally sliding member in a proximal portion of a shaft that pivots the end effector to a...
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7637410 |
Surgical instrument including a locking assembly
A surgical instrument including a handle portion, a body portion, an articulating tool assembly and a locking assembly is disclosed. The body portion extends distally from the handle portion and...
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7604151 |
Surgical stapling systems and staple cartridges for deploying surgical staples with tissue compression features
A surgical staple having at least one projection formed thereon. In various embodiments, the projection is formed on a crown of the surgical staple. In one various embodiment, the projection...
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7549563 |
Rotating curved cutter stapler
A rotating surgical stapler having a proximal end and a distal end includes a handle at the proximal end and an end effector at the distal end for selective rotation to improve access to tissue...
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7546940 |
Pivoting anvil assembly for surgical stapling device
A surgical stapling device is disclosed for performing circular anastomoses. The surgical stapling device includes a handle portion, an elongated body portion and a head portion including an anvil...
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7506791 |
Surgical stapling instrument with mechanical mechanism for limiting maximum tissue compression
Various forms of surgical instruments are disclosed. In various embodiments, the instrument includes a cartridge supporting assembly for operably supporting a staple cartridge therein. The...
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7451904 |
Surgical stapling instrument having end effector gripping surfaces
A surgical instrument for being endoscopically or laparoscopically inserted through a cannula of a trocar into an insufflated body cavity or lumen (“surgical site”) for simultaneous stapling and...
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7431190 |
Linear stapler with improved firing mechanism
A surgical stapler comprising including an elongated handle portion having a longitudinal axis extending between a distal end and a proximal end. The stapler includes an end effector disposed at...
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7431191 |
Surgical stapling device with tiltable anvil head
A surgical stapling device including a self-righting anvil assembly is disclosed. The anvil assembly includes an anvil center rod and a pivotable anvil head. The surgical stapling device includes...
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7422139 |
Motor-driven surgical cutting fastening instrument with tactile position feedback
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the instrument includes an end effector, a main drive shaft assembly connected to the end effector, and a...
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7407078 |
Surgical stapling instrument having force controlled spacing end effector
A surgical instrument for being endoscopically or laparoscopically inserted into a surgical site for simultaneous stapling and severing of tissue includes force adjusted spacing between an upper...
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7401722 |
Circular surgical stapler with a detachable anvil
The present invention relates to a circular stapler used for an operation of cutting off and suturing a jejunum, where a structure of the circular stapler is improved to facilitate manipulation...
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7328828 |
Lockout mechanisms and surgical instruments including same
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a handle portion, a channel, an anvil, and staple cartridge, a wedge member, a reciprocating firing device, and a lockout arm....
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7328829 |
Palm size surgical stapler for single hand operation
Palm-size staplers for surgical procedures are proposed. The staplers include cartridge and slider assemblies with the cartridge assembly containing staples. As the slider assembly advances...
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7303106 |
Surgical stapling device with visual indicator
A surgical stapling device is disclosed for performing circular anastomoses. The surgical stapling device includes a handle portion, an elongated body portion and a head portion including an anvil...
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7287682 |
Surgical device and method
A surgical device 20 for attaching staples 40 to a portion of a body comprising an anvil 23; a smart memory material (SMM) 50, 75 capable of going from one physical state to another physical state;...
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7210609 |
Stapling apparatus having a curved anvil and driver
Stapler, in particular for hemorrhoidal use, includes a body, an elongate, fixed jaw part connected to the body and including a curved anvil defining staple-forming pockets and a curved portion...
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7207472 |
Cartridge with locking knife for a curved cutter stapler
A surgical instrument adapted for applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue includes a cartridge module having a cartridge housing containing a plurality of surgical fasteners and a...
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7207471 |
Electrosurgical stapling apparatus
An electrosurgical stapling apparatus is provided which uses thermogenic energy as well as surgical fasteners or staples for strengthening tissue, providing hemostasis, tissue joining or welding....
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7156863 |
Fundoplication apparatus and method
An endoscopic device for the partial fundoplication for the treatment of GERD, comprises: a) a distal bending portion and a flexible portion suitable to be positioned in extended shape within the...
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7147139 |
Closure plate lockout for a curved cutter stapler
A surgical instrument is adapted for applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical instrument includes an anvil and a cartridge housing containing a plurality of surgical...
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7080769 |
Luminal anastomotic device
An end to end anastomotic stapling device connects two lumen sections avoiding constriction at the anastomotic ring. An intraluminal end to end anastomotic stapler includes an expanding head and...
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7070083 |
Surgical stapling apparatus including an anvil and cartridge each having cooperating mating surfaces
Surgical stapling apparatus are disclosed including an anvil having a working surface with a shaped topography; and a staple cartridge, in juxtaposition with the anvil. The staple cartridge...
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