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7617961 Tool assembly for surgical stapling device  
The present invention includes a tool assembly with a first jaw movable in relation to a second jaw between a spaced position and an approximated position. An approximation member is movable in...
7611038 Directionally biased staple and anvil assembly for forming the staple  
In accordance with the present disclosure a directionally biased staple is provided for use in all types of surgical staplers having anvil structure against which the staple is formed. The...
7607557 Surgical stapling instruments structured for pump-assisted delivery of medical agents  
A medical agent dispensing system and surgical instruments that employ the medical agent dispensing system are provided. The dispensing system may be structured for use with a surgical...
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...
7604150 Surgical stapling instrument with an anti-back up mechanism  
A surgical instrument including a firing drive configured to advance a cutting member and/or staple driver within an end effector, and a brake configured to prevent, or at least partially inhibit,...
7600663 Apparatus for stapling and incising tissue  
A surgical fastening and cutting assembly having a housing defines a passage and a pusher, with a cam surface, slides in the passage. An arm couples to the housing and an anvil base is located on...
7597229 End effector closure system for a surgical stapling instrument  
A surgical instrument including a closure system configured to move an anvil of an end effector between an open position, a partially closed position, and a closed position. The surgical instrument...
7588177 Tool assembly for 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...
7588176 Surgical cutting instrument with improved closure system  
Closure systems for applying a closure motion to an anvil assembly of a surgical instrument. In various embodiments, the surgical instrument includes a cable drive knife assembly and the anvil...
7588175 Surgical stapling and cutting instrument with improved firing system  
A surgical instrument comprising an elongate channel assembly that has a distal end and a proximal end and is constructed to operably support a staple cartridge assembly therein. The instrument may...
7588174 Surgical stapling instruments including a cartridge having multiple staples sizes  
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple...
7575144 Surgical fastener and cutter with single cable actuator  
Methods and devices are provided for controlling rotation and actuation of an end effector on a surgical fastening device. In an exemplary embodiment, a single cable actuator is provided and is...
7568605 Surgical stapler shaft cover  
A cover for a surgical stapler includes a cover body shaped and dimensioned for fitting about a shaft of a surgical stapler, the cover body having a substantially smooth outer surface and a...
7568604 Surgical fastener applying apparatus  
An improved surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a cartridge half-section and an anvil half-section with the cartridge and anvil half-sections being relatively movable from an unclamped...
7565993 Surgical stapling apparatus  
A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device includes a handle assembly and an elongated body extending distally from the handle assembly. The...
7559937 Surgical fastener apparatus and reinforcing material  
A surgical fastener apparatus is provided with a reinforcement material holder, where the holder positions a sheet of reinforcement material adjacent body tissue that is sutured by a plurality of...
7559452 Surgical instrument having fluid actuated opposing jaws  
A surgical stapling and severing instrument enables minimally invasive surgical procedures by having upper and lower jaws (i.e., anvil and staple channel) that are positioned with an elongate shaft...
7559451 Full thickness resectioning device  
A full thickness resection device comprises a control handle including an actuator wherein, when the device is in an operative position within a body lumen of a patient, the control handle remains...
7559450 Surgical instrument incorporating a fluid transfer controlled articulation mechanism  
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including a fluid transfer articulation mechanism that is proximally controlled. A fluid control, which is...
7559449 Energy stored in spring with controlled release  
There is provided a surgical instrument including a handle having an elongated tubular member extending distally from the handle and one or more end effectors mounted on the distal end of the...
7556186 Surgical stapling device having trigger lock and associated lockout mechanism  
A surgical stapling device including a self-righting anvil assembly includes an anvil center rod and a pivotable anvil head. The surgical stapling device includes an anvil retainer assembly having...
7556185 Surgical instrument with flexible drive mechanism  
A drive mechanism for use with a surgical instrument includes a rotatable drive member, a crank operatively coupled to the drive member; a clutch operatively coupled to the crank, wherein...
7552854 Surgical stapler with firing lock mechanism  
A surgical stapler is provided that maintains the jaws of the stapler in an open position and prevents firing of staples when a cartridge is not loaded in one of the jaws. Distinct positioning and...
7552853 Low-profile vascular closure systems and methods of using same  
A closure device for an arteriotomy includes an elongate tube having a distal opening. The elongate tube has least two opposing longitudinal slots and a pair of opposing corners defined where each...
7549564 Surgical stapling instrument with an articulating end effector  
A surgical instrument including a shaft assembly and an end effector, where the end effector can be moved relative to the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly can include a lock member selectively...
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...
7546939 Method and device for full thickness resectioning of an organ  
Described is a full-thickness resection system which includes a control unit coupled to a proximal end of a flexible endoscope. The control unit remains outside of a body when the stapling head is...
7543731 Surgical stapling apparatus  
An endoscopic surgical apparatus is provided for placing lateral lines of surgical fasteners into body tissue. The apparatus includes a frame portion, an elongated portion extending from the frame...
7543730 Segmented drive member for surgical instruments  
A surgical instrument having a segmented drive member is provided. The instrument includes a handle portion, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle portion and defining a...
7543729 Surgical fastener applying apparatus with controlled beam deflection  
A surgical fastener applying apparatus including an anvil half-section having a distal end and a longitudinal axis; a cartridge receiving half-section having a distal end and operatively couplable...
7537602 Expanding parallel jaw device for use with an electromechanical driver device  
A cutting and stapling device for use as an attachment to an electromechanical device driver comprises an upper jaw and a lower jaw which separate and close against one another in a continuously...
7533790 Surgical stapler  
A surgical stapler may include a staple, a pusher that holds the staple, a driver, and a splay arm, where motion of at least one of the splay arm and the pusher relative to the other may cause the...
7530484 Single cartridge surgical stapler  
A disposable surgical staple gun that fires two staples in a staggered formation simultaneously to close an incision in the skin without the skin overlapping. The disposable surgical staple gun...
7527185 Compression anastomosis ring assembly and applicator for use therewith  
A compression anastomosis ring (CAR) assembly for use in joining severed organ wall portions of a hollow organ. The assembly comprises a first portion which includes an anvil assembly and a second...
7516877 Tilt top anvil for a surgical fastener device  
A tilt top anvil assembly is provided for use with a surgical stapling device for performing end-to-end anastomosis of tissue. The tilt top anvil assembly included an anvil head, a center rod and a...
7513408 Multiple firing stroke surgical instrument incorporating electroactive polymer anti-backup mechanism  
A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic procedures incorporates a handle that produces separate closing and firing motions to actuate an end effector. In...
7510107 Cable driven surgical stapling and cutting instrument with apparatus for preventing inadvertent cable disengagement  
A cable driven surgical instrument that has an elongate channel assembly that is constructed to operably support a staple cartridge assembly therein. The instrument may have a knife assembly that...
7506790 Surgical instrument incorporating an electrically actuated articulation mechanism  
A surgical instrument particularly suited to endoscopic use articulates an end effector by including an articulation mechanism in an elongate shaft that incorporates an electrically actuated...
7494038 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...
7490749 Surgical stapling and cutting instrument with manually retractable firing member  
A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic procedures incorporates a handle that produces separate closing and firing motions to actuate an end effector. In...
7487899 Surgical instrument incorporating EAP complete firing system lockout mechanism  
A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic procedures incorporates a handle that produces separate closing and firing motions to actuate an end effector. In...
7487898 Combustion chamber control for combustion-powered fastener-driving tool  
A combustion-powered fastener-driving tool includes a combustion-powered power source, a valve sleeve reciprocable relative to the power source between a rest position and a firing position, and a...
7481764 Self-advancing device  
A device ( 1 ) which includes an elongate body ( 2 ) with a movable mass ( 3 ) arranged for sliding movement within the body ( 2 ), the element ( 4 ) being arranged to decelerate toward an end of...
7473258 Surgical stapler  
A method for surgically stapling tissue may include providing staples in a first configuration, plastically deforming at least one staple to a second configuration different from the first...
7472815 Surgical stapling instruments with collapsible features for controlling staple height  
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...
7467740 Surgical stapling instruments having flexible channel and anvil features for adjustable staple heights  
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...
7464849 Electro-mechanical surgical instrument with closure system and anvil alignment components  
A surgical instrument. Various embodiments relate to a surgical cutting and fastening instrument that has an end effector with an anvil that can pivot between open and closed positions relative to...
7464847 Surgical stapler with timer and feedback display  
A surgical apparatus has a clamp and a stapling mechanism. The clamp has a first jaw and a second jaw to clamp on a body tissue at a desired location for a stapling operation. The stapling...
7464846 Surgical instrument having a removable battery  
A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument comprises a handle, a battery, a motor, and a lockout system. The handle comprises a primary portion and a grip portion. The grip portion is...
7461767 Battery powered surgical instrument  
A surgical stapler has a handle assembly including a stationary handle and a trigger. The stapler also has a drive assembly with a body having a working end and a cam member supported on the...