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US 12,465,360 · App. 18/660,028 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Surgical stapler with self-adjusting staple height

Inventors: Matthew M. Becerra (Lake Forest, CA); Steven E. Decker (Anaheim, CA); Timothy M. Hopkins (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA); Atal C. Patel (Mission Viejo, CA); Babak D. Jasemian (Trabuco Canyon, CA)
Assignee: Applied Medical Resources Corporation
A61B17/07207A61B2017/00407A61B2017/0725A61B2017/07271A61B2017/07278A61B2017/2923A61B2090/0814
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Patent No.
US 12,465,360
App. No.
18/660,028
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical stapler is provided that includes a spring loaded lift that automatically adjusts a staple cartridge and/or staple formation between a range of sizes. The lift is automatically released as the staple firing mechanism begins its forward translation of the firing sequence. The automatic one-way adjustment also adjusts the staple cartridge while maintaining the cartridge parallel to the anvil to provide consistent staple formations.

Claims (11)

1 . A surgical stapler comprising:

a first jaw including an anvil;

a second jaw including a cartridge having a plurality of staples and extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the first jaw movable towards and away from the second jaw; and

a cartridge lift disposed between the second jaw and the cartridge, the cartridge lift biased in a longitudinal direction to raise the cartridge towards the first jaw, wherein the cartridge lift is biased in a proximal longitudinal direction; and

wherein the second jaw comprises a plurality of slots disposed therein and the cartridge comprises a plurality of protrusions positioned and shaped to slide within the plurality of slots.

2 . The surgical stapler of claim 1 , wherein sliding movement of the protrusions within the slots restricts movement of the cartridge to a single direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction in which the cartridge lift moves.

3 . The surgical stapler of claim 1 , wherein the cartridge comprises side walls and the plurality of protrusions are positioned on the side walls.

4 . The surgical stapler of claim 3 , wherein the second jaw comprises a cartridge retainer in which the cartridge is positioned, the cartridge retainer comprising side walls positioned adjacent the side walls of the cartridge, and wherein the plurality of slots are positioned on the side walls of the cartridge retainer.

5 . The surgical stapler of claim 1 , wherein the cartridge lift is biased by a lift spring.

6 . The surgical stapler of claim 1 , wherein the first jaw is moved towards and away from the second jaw between an open position and a closed position such that in the closed position a gap is defined between the cartridge and the first jaw.

7 . The surgical stapler of claim 6 , wherein the protrusions are slidable within the slots from a first position wherein the gap has a maximum height to a second position wherein the gap has a minimum height.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 17984459 · Nov 10, 2022
Continuation 16932403 · Jul 17, 2020
Continuation 15263552 · Sep 13, 2016
Continuation PCTUS2015050103 · Sep 15, 2015
Provisional Application 62050513 · Sep 15, 2014
Related Publication 20240285277A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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