APPLICATOR INSTRUMENTS WITH RECONFIGURABLE HANDLES FOR DISPENSING SURGICAL FASTENERS

    公开(公告)号:US20180153543A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-07

    申请号:US15493875

    申请日:2017-04-21

    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.

    Abstract: An applicator instrument having a reconfigurable handle for dispensing surgical fasteners includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, an elongated shaft extending from the housing, a handle coupled with the proximal end of the housing, and a trigger coupled with the handle. The applicator instrument has a firing system including an energy storing assembly that is disposed within the housing, and a gear train disposed within the handle and coupled with the trigger. The trigger is squeezed for commencing a firing cycle and storing energy in the energy storing assembly. The applicator instrument includes a handle reconfiguration actuator having a first position for locking the handle in place relative to the housing and a second position for enabling the handle to rotate relative to the housing between a pistol configuration and an in-line configuration. The applicator instrument dispenses surgical fasteners with the handle in the pistol configuration, the in-line configuration, and at angles located between the pistol and in-line configurations.

    Hemostatic powder delivery devices and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11154665B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16671886

    申请日:2019-11-01

    Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device for expression of a hemostatic powder having an elongated reservoir with a manual air pump, such as a bellows, at a proximal end and an expression port at a distal end. A porous filter is slidably disposed within the reservoir between the bellows, a plunger and the expression port, and a spring is disposed within the reservoir between the air pump and the plunger. The powder is disposed within the reservoir between the porous filter and the expression port, and the pump is in a fluid communication with the expression port through the porous filter and through the powder.

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