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US 12,295,793 · App. 18/439,327 · Granted May 13, 2025

Systems and methods for preventing tissue migration in surgical staplers

Inventors: Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs (Cincinnati, OH); Mark S. Ortiz (Milford, OH); Jonathan R. Thompson (Cincinnati, OH); Richard P. Nuchols (Williamsburg, OH); Caleb J. Hayward (Goshen, OH); Robert T. Means, III (Cincinnati, OH); Saylan J. Lukas (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: STANDARD BARIATRICS, INC.
A61B90/03A61B17/07207A61B2017/07257A61B2017/07271A61B2017/07285A61B2090/036
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Patent No.
US 12,295,793
App. No.
18/439,327
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for preventing unwanted tissue migration in surgical staplers includes a surgical stapler having an end effector including an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A distal end of the upper jaw is connected to a distal end of the lower jaw, and a proximal end of the upper jaw is connected to a proximal end of the lower jaw. First and second tissue stops are formed on the distal and proximal ends of the lower jaw, respectively. The second tissue stop and the proximal end of the upper jaw define a no cut zone when the surgical stapler is in an open position. The surgical stapler also includes a tissue cutting device disposed within the lower jaw for resecting tissue. The system also includes a warning, blocking, impeding, or barrier forming device for preventing the unwanted migration of tissue into the no tissue zone.

Claims (43)

1. A surgical instrument, comprising:

an end effector, wherein the end effector includes:

(i) a firing screw having a threaded portion, wherein a distal end of the firing screw is coupled to a bushing;

(ii) a firing nut coupled to a beam;

(iii) a nut plate positioned along the firing screw between the bushing and the firing nut; and

(iv) a biasing member extending along the firing screw, wherein the biasing member is positioned between the firing nut and the nut plate, wherein rotation of the firing screw in a first direction proximally drives the firing nut along the threaded portion and rotation of the firing screw in a second direction distally drives the firing nut along the threaded portion.

2. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the biasing member has a distal end coupled to the nut plate and a proximal end coupled to the firing nut.

3. The surgical instrument of claim 2 , wherein rotation of the firing screw in the first direction proximally translates the biasing member along the firing screw and rotation of the firing screw in the second direction distally translates the biasing member along the firing screw.

4. The surgical instrument of claim 2 , wherein rotation of the firing screw in the first direction proximally translates the nut plate, the biasing member, and the firing nut along the firing screw and rotation of the firing screw in the second direction distally translates the nut plate, the biasing member, and the firing nut along the firing screw.

5. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the firing screw has an unthreaded portion extending between the bushing and the threaded portion.

6. The surgical instrument of claim 5 , wherein the nut plate is unthreaded, and wherein the nut plate translates along the treaded portion and the unthreaded portion of the firing screw.

7. The surgical instrument of claim 5 , wherein the biasing member translates along the treaded portion and the unthreaded portion of the firing screw.

8. The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the biasing member is a firing screw compression spring.

9. A surgical instrument, comprising:

an end effector, wherein the end effector includes:

(i) an upper jaw having a proximal end and a distal end;

(ii) a lower jaw having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the upper jaw is connected to the distal end of the lower jaw, and wherein the proximal end of the upper jaw is connected to the proximal end of the lower jaw;

(iii) a firing screw having a threaded portion, wherein a distal end of the firing screw is coupled to a bushing;

(iv) a firing nut coupled to a beam;

(v) a nut plate positioned along the firing screw between the bushing and the firing nut; and

(vi) a firing screw compression spring extending along the firing screw, wherein the firing screw compression spring is positioned between the firing nut and the nut plate, wherein rotation of the firing screw in a first direction proximally drives the firing nut along the threaded portion and rotation of the firing screw in a second direction distally drives the firing nut along the threaded portion.

10. The surgical instrument of claim 9 , wherein the compression spring has a distal end coupled to the nut plate; and a proximal end coupled to the firing nut.

11. The surgical instrument of claim 10 , wherein rotation of the firing screw in the first direction proximally translates the compression spring along the firing screw and rotation of the firing screw in the second direction distally translates the compression spring along the firing screw.

12. The surgical instrument of claim 10 , wherein rotation of the firing screw in the first direction proximally translates the nut plate, the compression spring, and the firing nut along the firing screw and rotation of the firing screw in the second direction distally translates the nut plate, the compression spring, and the firing nut along the firing screw.

13. The surgical instrument of claim 9 , wherein the firing screw has an unthreaded portion extending between the bushing and the threaded portion.

14. The surgical instrument of claim 13 , wherein the nut plate is unthreaded, and wherein the nut plate translates along the treaded portion and the unthreaded portion of the firing screw.

15. The surgical instrument of claim 13 , wherein the compression spring translates along the treaded portion and the unthreaded portion of the firing screw.

16. A method, comprising:

providing an end effector, wherein the end effector includes:

(i) a knife assembly comprising a knife and a firing nut coupled to a beam;

(ii) a firing screw having a threaded portion, wherein a distal end of the firing screw is coupled to a bushing;

iii) a nut plate positioned along the firing screw between the bushing and the firing nut; and

(iv) a biasing member extending along the firing screw, wherein the biasing member is positioned between the firing nut and the nut plate;

rotating the firing screw in a first direction to proximally drive the firing nut along the threaded portion;

rotating the firing screw in a second direction to distally drive the firing nut along the threaded portion.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the biasing member has a distal end coupled to the nut plate and a proximal end coupled to the firing nut.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

rotating the firing screw in the first direction to proximally translate the compression spring along the firing screw;

rotating the firing in the second direction to distally translate the compression spring along the firing screw;

rotating the firing screw in the first direction to proximally translate the nut plate along the firing screw; and

rotating the firing screw in the second direction to distally translate the nut plate along the firing screw.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the firing screw has an unthreaded portion extending between the bushing and the threaded portion.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the nut plate is unthreaded and translates along the treaded portion and the unthreaded portion of the firing screw, and wherein the biasing member translates along the treaded portion and the unthreaded portion of the firing screw.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: DUNKI-JACOBS, ADAM R.; THOMPSON, JONATHAN R.; NUCHOLS, RICHARD P.; HAYWARD, CALEB J.; MEANS, ROBERT T., III; LUKAS, SAYLAN J.
To: STANDARD BARIATRICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066448/0203 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: ORTIZ, MARK S.
To: KALEIDOSCOPE INNOVATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 066448/0580 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2024
From: KALEIDOSCOPE INNOVATION, INC.
To: STANDARD BARIATRICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066448/0944 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17857515 · Jul 5, 2022
Continuation 17700599 · Mar 22, 2022
Provisional Application 63164837 · Mar 23, 2021
Related Publication 20240245483A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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