Title:
METHOD OF DEFORMING STAPLES FROM TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAPLE CARTRIDGES WITH THE SAME SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022153543
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a surgical instrument system.SOLUTION: A closure member for applying a closure motion to a movable jaw of a surgical instrument is illustrated. The closure member comprises, for example, a distal closure tube segment 1430 that has a closure body portion 1470. The distal closure tube segment is movably coupled to a proximal closure tube segment by means of an upper tang 1434 and a lower tang 1436 and upper and lower double pivot links. The closure body has an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an upper wall portion 1440 that has an upper wall cross-sectional thickness and a lower wall portion 1442 that has a lower wall thickness.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 34
Inventors:
Shelton The Force Frederick E
Harris Jason El
Bacos Gregory Jay
Harris Jason El
Bacos Gregory Jay
Application Number:
JP2022119430A
Publication Date:
October 12, 2022
Filing Date:
July 27, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC
International Classes:
A61B17/072
Foreign References:
| EP2974675A2 | 2016-01-20 | |||
| US20160345971A1 | 2016-12-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kiminobu Kato
Takafumi Oshima
Takafumi Oshima