METHODS OF STAPLING TISSUE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210307748A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17215222

    申请日:2021-03-29

    申请人: Ethicon LLC

    摘要: 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.

    Surgical port with wound closure channels

    公开(公告)号:US10568619B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-25

    申请号:US15637707

    申请日:2017-06-29

    申请人: ETHICON LLC

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04 A61B17/34 A61B17/00

    摘要: A surgical access device includes a tissue retractor including a flexible body configured to engage tissue surrounding a tissue opening. A plurality of surgical instrument channels is arranged in a central portion of the tissue retractor. Each surgical instrument channel is configured to guide a surgical instrument distally through the surgical access device. At least one needle entrance port is arranged on a proximal portion of the surgical access device. At least one needle exit port is arranged distally of the needle entrance port. The at least one needle entrance port and the at least one needle exit port are configured to cooperate to define a needle channel extending distally through the surgical access device and obliquely relative to a central axis thereof. The needle channel is configured to guide a suture passer needle through the surgical access device and adjacent tissue to facilitate closure of the tissue opening.