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Method for performing trans-anal resection with a curved cutter stapler

US8029520B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Donna L. Korvick · Maineville, US
William A. Bernie · Naples, US
Antonio Longo · Palermo, IT

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 7, 2006
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/3452
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for performing trans-anal resection is achieved by applying a first stitch about the rectum, wherein deep bites of the first stitch capture and fold a rectum wall, creating a longitudinal staple line in the rectal wall at a position adjacent the first stitch, positioning a curved surgical stapler instrument in the rectum for capturing the rectal wall held by the first stitch, firing the surgical stapler instrument creating a circumferential first staple line approximately along the arc defined by the first stitch, and repeating the procedure about the circumference of the rectum until a predetermined portion of the rectum is fully resected.

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