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US 11,883,019 B2Granted
Stapling instrument comprising a staple feeding system
AssigneeCilag GmbH International
InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris, Lauren S. Weaner, Janna B. Volz, Jerome R. Morgan, Sarah A. Worthington
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Abstract
A surgical stapler comprising an end effector and a system configured to feed staples into the end effector is disclosed.
Claims14
A surgical stapler for stapling the tissue of a patient, comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft extending from said handle;
- a plurality of staple clusters, wherein each said staple cluster comprises a plurality of connected staples, and wherein said plurality of staple clusters comprises a staged staple cluster;
- an end effector, comprising:
- a tissue compression surface;
- and
- an anvil comprising staple forming pockets;
- a staple cluster feeding system, comprising:
- a pusher configured to advance said staged staple cluster into said end effector;
- a divider configured to separate the staples within a single said staged staple cluster into a plurality of divided staple clusters;
- and
- a guide configured to align said divided staple clusters with said staple forming pockets;
- and
- a staple firing system configured to deploy said divided staple clusters during a single staple firing stroke.
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A surgical stapler for stapling the tissue of a patient, comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft extending from said handle;
- a plurality of staples;
- an end effector, comprising:
- a tissue compression surface;
- a tissue cutting knife;
- and
- an anvil comprising staple forming pockets;
- a staple cluster feeding system comprising a divider, wherein said staple cluster feeding system is configured to:
- advance a quantity of said staples into said end effector;
- wherein said divider separates said quantity of staples into a first cluster of staples on a first side of said tissue cutting knife and a second cluster of staples on a second side of said tissue cutting knife;
- and
- align said first cluster of staples with a first cluster of forming pockets of said staple forming pockets positioned on said first side of said tissue cutting knife and said second cluster of staples with a second cluster of forming pockets of said staple forming pockets positioned on said second side of said tissue cutting knife;
- and
- a staple firing system configured to deploy said first cluster of staples and said second cluster of staples during a single staple firing motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.