Surgical instrument with elongated channel
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsDanyel Racenet, Thomas Wenchell, Keith L. Milliman
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Abstract
A surgical instrument including a handle assembly, an elongated body portion, a head portion and an elongated channel. The elongated body portion extends distally from the handle assembly. The head portion is disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongated body portion and includes an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The elongated channel includes a proximal opening and a distal opening. The proximal opening is disposed distally of a proximalmost end of the handle assembly and proximally of the shell assembly. The distal opening is disposed on the shell assembly.
Claims15
A surgical stapling instrument, comprising:
- a handle assembly;
- an elongate body portion extending distally from the handle assembly;
- a head portion disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongate body portion, the head portion including an anvil assembly and a shell assembly, the anvil assembly movable relative to the shell assembly;
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- an elongate channel configured to receive a surgical object therethrough, the elongate channel including a proximal opening and a distal opening, the elongate channel extending at least a length of the elongate body portion, the proximal opening disposed proximal of the shell assembly and proximal of a longitudinal midpoint of the elongate body portion, the distal opening disposed on the shell assembly.
A surgical stapling instrument, comprising:
- a handle assembly;
- an elongate body portion extending distally from the handle assembly, distal-most and proximal-most ends of the elongate body portion having the same diameter;
- a head portion disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongate body portion and including a shell assembly and an anvil assembly movable relative to the shell assembly;
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- an elongate channel including a proximal opening and a distal opening, the proximal opening disposed in a side wall of the elongate body portion, wherein the elongate channel extends at least a length of the elongate body portion such that the elongate channel provides a surgical object inserted through the elongate channel access to a surgical site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.