SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE WITH ADJUNCT MATERIAL APPLICATION FEATURE

A surgical instrument includes a handle portion, a shaft housing a firing bar, an end effector comprising an anvil, a lower jaw, and a stapling and severing assembly responsive to a longitudinal closing motion produced by the handle portion and the shaft. The lower jaw is configured to receive a rem...

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Main Authors HOLCOMB, MATTHEW D, BALEK, STEPHEN J, WILSON, DONALD F., JR, MODI, KREENA R, MILLER, MATTHEW C, ZAVATSKY, JOSEPH, SMITH, BRET W, WANG, YI-LAN, BOUDREAUX, CHAD P, LYTLE, THOMAS W., IV, SCHEIB, CHARLES J, RHAD, EDWARD A, ZINGMAN, ARON O
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LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published 05.02.2015
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Summary:A surgical instrument includes a handle portion, a shaft housing a firing bar, an end effector comprising an anvil, a lower jaw, and a stapling and severing assembly responsive to a longitudinal closing motion produced by the handle portion and the shaft. The lower jaw is configured to receive a removable cartridge. The cartridge includes a housing, a plurality of staples disposed in the housing, and a deck disposed over the plurality of staples. The deck defines apertures, with each aperture being substantially disposed over each staple. The cartridge further includes an agent. The firing bar is operable to assist with releasing the agent onto a severed line of tissue when the firing bar is advanced. Un instrumento quirúrgico incluye una porción de mango, una flecha que aloja una barra de disparo, un efector de extremo que comprende un yunque, una mordaza inferior y un ensamble de engrapado y de rompimiento sensible a un movimiento de cierre longitudinal producido por la porción de mango y la flecha; la mordaza inferior está configurada para recibir un cartucho desprendible; el cartucho incluye un alojamiento, una pluralidad de grapas dispuesta en el alojamiento y una platina dispuesta sobre la pluralidad de grapas; la platina define aberturas, con cada abertura estando sustancialmente dispuesta sobre cada grapa; el cartucho además incluye un agente; la barra de disparo es operable para ayudar con la liberación del agente en una línea de tejido rota cuando la barra de disparo avanza.
Bibliography:Application Number: MX20140003516