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US 12,733,930 · App. 18/663,757 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Surgical stapling instrument

Inventor: Matthew Wixey (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
A61B17/07207A61B2017/00477A61B2017/0725A61B2017/07257A61B2017/07271A61B2017/2947A61B34/30
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Patent No.
US 12,733,930
App. No.
18/663,757
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical instrument includes an elongate shaft and an end effector. The end effector includes a jaw, and a coupling member configured to receive a first and second reload and to removably couple the first and second reload to the end effector. The coupling member is configured to retain the first reload in a closed position relative to the jaw such that the jaw and the first reload have a tissue gap therebetween. The coupling member is configured to retain the second reload in a closed position relative to the jaw such that the jaw and the second reload have a tissue gap therebetween that is larger than the first tissue gap. The instrument is designed to accommodate reloads with different tissue gaps between the first jaw and the reload, thereby allowing an operator to treat tissue of varying sizes, shapes and thicknesses with the same surgical instrument.

Claims (13)

1 . A surgical instrument comprising:

an elongate shaft having an end effector;

a first drive member configured to translate distally through a portion of the end effector, the first drive member including a first flange at a first end thereof and a first engagement structure at an opposite end thereof; and

a first staple cartridge couplable to the end effector and having a secondary drive member including a second flange at a first vertical distance from a second engagement structure, the second engagement structure being configured to engage the first engagement structure such that, when the first staple cartridge is coupled to the end effector, a first tissue gap distance may be established by the first flange of the first drive member and the second flange of the first staple cartridge; and

a second staple cartridge couplable to the end effector and having another secondary drive member including a third flange at a second vertical distance, different from the first vertical distance, from a third engagement structure, the third engagement structure being configured to engage the first engagement structure such that, when the second staple cartridge is coupled to the end effector, a second tissue gap distance, different from the first tissue gap distance, may be established by the first flange of the first drive member and the third flange of the second staple cartridge.

2 . The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the first engagement structure is a slot and the second and third engagement structures are tabs configured to be received within the slot.

3 . The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the end effector comprises a first jaw and the first and second staple cartridges each comprise a second jaw, wherein the first flange is configured to translate through a channel in the first jaw of the end effector, and the second and third flanges are configured to translate through a channel in the respective second jaw.

4 . The surgical instrument of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the first jaw and second jaws of the respective first and second staple cartridges are movable between an open position and a closed position to grasp tissue between the first jaw and second jaw via translation of the first flange through the channel in the first jaw and translation of the second or third flanges through the channels in the respective second jaws.

5 . The surgical instrument of claim 4 , further comprising the first staple cartridge coupled to the end effector, the first jaw and the second jaw of the first staple cartridge in the closed position such that the first tissue gap is established as a result of the translation of the first flange through the first channel of the first jaw and the second flange through the second channel of the second jaw of the first staple cartridge.

6 . The surgical instrument of claim 4 , further comprising the second staple cartridge coupled to the end effector, the first jaw and the second jaw of the second staple cartridge in the closed position such that the second tissue gap is established as a result of the translation of the first flange through the first channel of the first jaw and the third flange through the second channel of the second jaw of the second staple cartridge.

7 . The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the first drive member and a selected one of the secondary drive members collectively form an I-beam upon engagement of the first engagement structure with the second or third engagement structure.

8 . The surgical instrument of claim 1 , further comprising a spring on a stationary jaw of the end effector, the spring configured to bias the selected first or second staple cartridge towards an open position.

9 . The surgical instrument of claim 1 , wherein the first drive member further includes a distal ramped surface configured to engage a surface of the first or second staple cartridge to pivot the staple cartridge toward a closed position upon distal translation of the first drive member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2024
From: WIXEY, MATTHEW
To: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067408/0763 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17602272 · Mar 30, 2020
Provisional Application 62835086 · Apr 17, 2019
Related Publication 20240293122A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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