Surgical stapling instrument having a medical substance dispenser
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsFrederick E. Shelton, IV, Joseph C. Hueil, Jerome R. Morgan, Leslie M. Fugikawa
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Abstract
An end effector for use with a surgical instrument includes a plurality of staples, an agent reservoir comprising a medical agent, a dispensing passage configured to convey the medical agent from the agent reservoir to tissue, and a firing system which includes a cutting member, a movable member, and a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to simultaneously fire the plurality of staples and dispense at least a portion of the medical agent near the cutting member owing to the advancement of the firing member.
Claims13
An end effector for use with a surgical instrument, the end effector comprising:
- a plurality of staples;
- an agent reservoir comprising a medical agent;
- a dispensing passage configured to convey the medical agent from the agent reservoir to tissue;
- and
- a firing system, comprising:
- a cutting member;
- a movable member;
- and
- a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to simultaneously fire the plurality of staples and dispense at least a portion of the medical agent near the cutting member owing to the advancement of the firing member.
An firing system for use with a surgical instrument, the firing system comprising:
- a plurality of fasteners;
- an agent cavity comprising a medical agent;
- a delivery passage configured to convey the medical agent from the agent cavity to tissue;
- and
- a firing system, comprising:
- a movable member;
- and
- a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to simultaneously fire the plurality of staples and deliver at least a portion of the medical agent to the tissue owing to the advancement of the firing member.
A surgical instrument, comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- an end effector extending distally from the shaft, the end effector comprising:
- a plurality of staples;
- an agent reservoir comprising a medical agent;
- a dispensing passage configured to convey the medical agent from the agent reservoir to tissue;
- and
- a firing system, comprising:
- a cutting member;
- a movable member;
- and
- a firing member, wherein the firing system is configured to cooperatively move the movable member and the firing member to simultaneously fire the plurality of staples and dispense at least a portion of the medical agent adjacent the cutting member as a result of the firing of the firing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.