Title:
METHODS OF STAPLING TISSUE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/118236
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of stapling tissue is disclosed. The method can include obtaining a staple cartridge including a plurality of staples, wherein each staple has a base and a leg extending from the base. The stapling method can also include firing the staples from the staple cartridge, wherein the staples are fired into tissue in a staple line. The staple line can include a first portion having a first flexibility and a second portion having a second flexibility, wherein the second flexibility is different than the first flexibility. A method of stapling tissue can also include adapting an anvil with an anvil plate having an arrangement of staple-forming pockets that differs from the staple-forming pockets in the anvil.
Inventors:
HARRIS JASON (US)
ZEINER MARK (US)
VOLZ JANNA (US)
KWEE NICHOLE (US)
SHELTON FREDERICK (US)
ZEINER MARK (US)
VOLZ JANNA (US)
KWEE NICHOLE (US)
SHELTON FREDERICK (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/060155
Publication Date:
September 27, 2018
Filing Date:
November 06, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON LLC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/072
Foreign References:
| EP3031405A1 | 2016-06-15 | |||
| EP3000414A1 | 2016-03-30 | |||
| EP0623311A2 | 1994-11-09 | |||
| EP3225179A1 | 2017-10-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIRTZ, Joseph, F. et al. (US)
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