SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS AND STAPLE-FORMING ANVILS

    公开(公告)号:US20180168633A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15385946

    申请日:2016-12-21

    摘要: An adaptor for an end effector is disclosed. The adaptor can include a staple cartridge having a plurality of staple cavities and a plurality of staples positioned in the staple cavities. The adaptor can also include an anvil plate comprising an arrangement of staple-forming pockets that differs from the staple-forming pockets in the anvil of the end effector. The arrangement of staple cavities in the staple cartridge can correspond to the arrangement of staple-forming pockets in the anvil plate. Additionally or alternatively, the staples in the staple cartridge can be misaligned with the staple-forming pockets in the anvil. The adaptor can include a deformable overmold positioned over the anvil plate, and the anvil plate can comprise a stamped metal sheet.

    SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS AND STAPLE-FORMING ANVILS

    公开(公告)号:US20180168631A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15385943

    申请日:2016-12-21

    摘要: An anvil for a surgical end effector is disclosed. The anvil can have a staple-forming surface having a plurality of pockets defined therein. The pockets can be nested. A first pocket can include a proximal cup, a distal cup, and a pocket axis can extend between the proximal cup and the distal cup. The pocket can be asymmetric relative to the pocket axis. A central axis can transect the pocket between the proximal cup and the distal cup. The pocket can also be asymmetric relative to the central axis. The pockets can be obliquely oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the anvil.

    SURGICAL STAPLE CARTRIDGE WITH MOVABLE CAMMING MEMBER CONFIGURED TO DISENGAGE FIRING MEMBER LOCKOUT FEATURES

    公开(公告)号:US20180168621A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15385921

    申请日:2016-12-21

    IPC分类号: A61B17/072

    摘要: A surgical staple cartridge for use with a surgical end effector that includes a lock member that is movable between a locked configuration wherein a firing member is prevented from axial travel through the surgical end effector and an unlocked configuration wherein the firing member is axially advanceable. The staple cartridge includes a cartridge body that supports a cam assembly therein that is movable between a starting position and an ending position. The cam assembly defines a central axis and includes at least one unlocking feature that is laterally offset from the central axis and is configured to engage the lock member when the cartridge body is seated within the end effector and the cam assembly is in said starting position to thereby move the lock member to the unlocked configuration.

    ANVIL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL STAPLERS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180168614A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15385913

    申请日:2016-12-21

    IPC分类号: A61B17/072 A61B34/30

    摘要: An anvil for a surgical stapler. In at least one form, the anvil includes an elongate anvil body portion that has an upper portion and a staple forming undersurface. An anvil mounting portion is adjacent to the elongate anvil body and is configured to movably support the anvil on a portion of the surgical stapler. An anvil cap is configured to be mechanically interlocked to the upper portion of the elongate anvil body. At least one weld is provided between the anvil cap and the upper portion of the elongate anvil body portion.

    STAPLE FORMING POCKET ARRANGEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAPLES

    公开(公告)号:US20180168599A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15385898

    申请日:2016-12-21

    摘要: A surgical stapling system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system comprises a staple cartridge attachment portion, a first staple cartridge configured to be operably attached to the cartridge attachment portion, wherein the first cartridge comprises a plurality of first staples comprising first staple legs, and a second staple cartridge configured to be operably attached to the cartridge attachment portion in lieu of the first cartridge, wherein the second cartridge comprises a plurality of second staples comprising second staple legs, and wherein the second staples are different than the first staples. The system further comprises an anvil comprising a tissue-engaging surface and a plurality of forming pockets defined in the surface, wherein each pocket comprises a first landing zone configured to receive a leg of a first staple of the first cartridge and a second landing zone configured to receive a leg of a second staple of the second cartridge.

    BILATERALLY ASYMMETRIC STAPLE FORMING POCKET PAIRS

    公开(公告)号:US20180168594A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15385893

    申请日:2016-12-21

    摘要: In various embodiments, a stapling assembly is disclosed. The stapling assembly comprises, among other things, an anvil configured to deform staples. The anvil comprises a tissue-engaging surface and a pair of forming pockets defined in the tissue-engaging surface, wherein the pair of forming pockets are configured to deform corresponding legs of a staple. The pair of forming pockets comprises a longitudinal pocket axis, an intermediate axis comprising a center point, a proximal forming pocket, and a distal forming pocket, wherein the pair of forming pockets are bilaterally asymmetric with respect to the longitudinal pocket axis and the intermediate axis, and wherein the pair of forming pockets are rotationally asymmetric with respect to the center point.