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Surgical instruments with electrodes

US8453906B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

Zhifan F. Huang · Mason, US
Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
Prasanna Malaviya · Huangpu District, CN
Foster B. Stulen · Mason, US
Jeffrey S. Swayze · Hamilton, US
Scott A. Woodruff · Cincinnati, US
Gwendolyn P. Payne · Cincinnati, US
Donna L. Korvick · Maineville, US
David K. Norvell · Woodsfield, US
Aron O. Zingman · Cambridge, US
Paul Guerra · Boulder, US
Mary E. Mootoo · Cincinnati, US
Jeffrey L. Aldridge · Lebanon, US
Timothy G. Dietz · Wayne, US
David A. Witt · Maineville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2010
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/320052
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An end-effector assembly configured to be attached to a surgical instrument. The end-effector assembly comprises a first jaw and a second jaw comprising a staple cavity. At least one of the first jaw and the second jaw is movable relative to the other jaw. The end-effector assembly comprises a staple removably positioned within the staple cavity and an electrically-conductive driver configured to move the staple between a first stored position in which the staple is at least partially positioned within the staple cavity and a second position in which the staple is at least partially deployed from the staple cavity into tissue positioned intermediate the first jaw and the second jaw. The staple comprises an electrode.

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