# US 12,594,073 B2 · Medical stapler and suturing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,594,073 B2 - Document ID: US12594073B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/596,894 - Filed: 2024-03-06 - Published: 2024-06-27 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-10 - Assignees: Olympus Corporation - Applicants: Olympus Corporation - Inventors: Takashi Nakamura; Chisato Karasawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594073B2 ## CPC - A61B 17/0684: {having a forming anvil staying above the tissue during stapling} - A61B 17/00234: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)} - A61B 17/07207: {the staples being applied sequentially} - A61B 17/29: Forceps for use in minimally invasive surgery - A61B 2017/00296: {mounted on an endoscope} - A61B 2017/00367: {Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like} - A61B 2017/00738: {part of the tool being offset with respect to a main axis, e.g. for better view for the surgeon} - A61B 2017/00818: {Treatment of the gastro-intestinal system} - A61B 2017/07257: {characterised by its anvil} - A61B 2017/07271: {characterised by its cartridge} - A61B 2017/07278: {characterised by its sled or its staple holder} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A medical stapler includes a stapling head including a staple ejection portion, an anvil openably and closably coupled to the stapling head by a rotation shaft, a staple receiving portion provided in the anvil and provided at a position facing the staple ejection portion when the stapling head and the anvil are in a closed state, a lever rotatably provided on the stapling head, and a lever operation wire connected to the lever and provided to extend in a direction of a proximal end of the stapling head, in which the lever is capable of raising upward with respect to the stapling head in accordance with advance and retraction of the lever operation wire. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical stapler comprising: a stapling head including a staple ejection portion; an anvil openably and closably coupled to the stapling head by a rotation shaft; a staple receiving portion provided in the anvil, the staple receiving portion being provided at a position facing the staple ejection portion when the stapling head and the anvil are in a closed state; a lever rotatably provided on the stapling head; and a lever operation wire connected to the lever and provided to extend in a direction of a proximal end of the stapling head, wherein the lever is capable of raising upward with respect to the stapling head in accordance with advance and retraction of the lever operation wire, and wherein the lever is configured to pass through the anvil when the stapling head and the anvil are in the closed state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical stapler according to claim 1, further comprising: an attachment member detachably attached to a distal-end portion of an endoscope, the attachment member having an opening through which an objective lens of the endoscope is exposed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medical stapler according to claim 1, wherein the anvil has a first visual space passing through in an open-close direction, and wherein the lever defines and forms a second visual space communicating with the first visual space and through which a treatment tool having grasped a treatment target is able to pass. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical stapler according to claim 1, wherein the lever includes a temporarily immobilizing portion capable of temporarily immobilizing a treatment target with respect to the stapling head. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The medical stapler according to claim 4, wherein the temporarily immobilizing portion protrudes in a direction in which the lever rises. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The medical stapler according to claim 4, wherein the temporarily immobilizing portion has a shape which is able to come into contact with a tissue containing the treatment target and which has a diameter decreasing from a proximal end toward a distal end. ### Claim 7 A medical stapler comprising: a stapling head including a staple ejection portion; an anvil openably and closably coupled to the stapling head by a rotation shaft; a staple receiving portion provided in the anvil, the staple receiving portion being provided at a position facing the staple ejection portion when the stapling head and the anvil are in a closed state; a lever rotatably provided on the stapling head, wherein the lever is configured to pass through the anvil when the stapling head and the anvil are in a closed state; and a temporarily immobilizing portion provided in the stapling head, the temporarily immobilizing portion being capable of temporarily immobilizing a treatment target with respect to the stapling head. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The medical stapler according to claim 7, wherein the temporarily immobilizing portion includes: a suction port which is able to face a tissue containing the treatment target and opens on an upper surface of the stapling head; and a suction sheath having one end side connected to the suction port and is able to communicate with the suction port. ### Claim 9 A suturing method comprising: an insertion step of inserting a medical stapler and an endoscope into a body; an advancing step of causing a treatment tool to protrude from the endoscope and advancing the treatment tool with respect to the medical stapler; a first open-close step of bringing an anvil into an open state with respect to a stapling head at a portion close to a treatment target; a grasping step of grasping a tissue containing the treatment target inside the body with the treatment tool; a retracting step of retracting the treatment tool relative to the medical stapler to draw in the treatment target to a proximal-end side of the medical stapler with respect to a staple ejection position; a second open-close step of bringing the anvil into a closed state with respect to the stapling head to fix the tissue; a lever raising step of raising a lever upward with respect to the stapling head, wherein the lever is configured to pass through the anvil when the anvil and the stapling head are in the closed state; an observation step of projecting the treatment target within a field of view showing the endoscope; and a suturing step of ejecting a staple from the stapling head of the medical stapler to suture a circumference of the treatment target. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The suturing method according to claim 9, wherein the lever raising step is configured to raise the lever by advancing and retracting a lever operation wire, and turn up the tissue by raising the lever. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The suturing method according to claim 10, wherein the lever raising step is performed after the second open-close step. ### Claim 12 A suturing method comprising: an insertion step of inserting a medical stapler and an endoscope into a body; an advancing step of causing a treatment tool to protrude from the endoscope and advancing the treatment tool with respect to the medical stapler; a first open-close step of bringing an anvil into an open state with respect to a stapling head at a portion close to a treatment target; a lever raising step of raising a lever upward with respect to the stapling head; a grasping step of grasping a tissue containing the treatment target inside the body with the treatment tool; a retracting step of retracting the treatment tool relative to the medical stapler to draw in the treatment target to a proximal-end side of the medical stapler with respect to a staple ejection position; a second open-close step of bringing the anvil into a closed state with respect to the stapling head; a pressing step of pressing the treatment target drawn in to an endoscope side from above by lowering the lever; an observation step of projecting the treatment target within a field of view showing the endoscope; and a suturing step of ejecting a staple from the stapling head of the medical stapler to suture a circumference of the treatment target. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The suturing method according to claim 12, wherein the advancing step is configured to advance the treatment tool through a first visual space of the anvil and a second visual space of the lever which communicate with each other, and wherein the retracting step is configured to retract the treatment tool through the first visual space and the second visual space. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The suturing method according to claim 12, further comprising a re-grasping step of re-grasping a tissue containing the treatment target with the treatment tool after temporarily immobilizing the treatment target in the lever raising step.