Method for performing trans-anal resection with a curved cutter stapler
AssigneeEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
InventorsDonna Korvick, William Bernie, Antonio Longo
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Abstract
A method for performing trans-anal resection is achieved by applying a first stitch about the rectum, wherein deep bites of the first stitch capture and fold a rectum wall, creating a longitudinal staple line in the rectal wall at a position adjacent the first stitch, positioning a curved surgical stapler instrument in the rectum for capturing the rectal wall held by the first stitch, firing the surgical stapler instrument creating a circumferential first staple line approximately along the arc defined by the first stitch, and repeating the procedure about the circumference of the rectum until a predetermined portion of the rectum is fully resected.
Claims11
A method for performing trans-anal resection, comprising:
- applying a first stitch about the rectum, wherein deep bites of the first stitch capture and fold a rectum wall;
- creating a longitudinal staple line in the rectal wall at a position adjacent the first stitch;
- positioning a curved surgical stapler instrument in the rectum for capturing the rectal wall held by the first stitch;
- firing the surgical stapler instrument creating a circumferential first staple line approximately along the arc defined by the first stitch;
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- repeating the procedure about the circumference of the rectum until a predetermined portion of the rectum is fully resected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.