APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANS ANAL RESECTION

Title:

APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANS ANAL RESECTION

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2007209754

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a surgical instrument adapted for applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue.

The surgical instrument 20 includes a frame having a proximal end and a distal end 30. A handle 21 is positioned at the proximal end and an end effector 80 is positioned at the distal end 30. The end effector is shaped and dimensioned for supporting a cartridge module 120. A firing mechanism is associated with the end effector and the cartridge module for selective actuation. The end effector has a radius of curvature optimized for a trans anal resection such that the end effector has a curvature of at most approximately a 40mm diameter.

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Inventors:

BILOTTI FEDERICO
LONGO ANTONIO

Application Number:

JP2007026934A

Publication Date:

August 23, 2007

Filing Date:

February 06, 2007

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Assignee:

ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC

International Classes:

A61B17/072

Foreign References:

US20050247753A1	2005-11-10
US6083241A	2000-07-04

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Hiroaki Tazawa
Konobu Kato
Hideaki Tazawa
Hamada Hatsune

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