Tissue stop for surgical instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9107664-B2
Application number	US-201213493346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2012
Priority date	Sep 23, 2008
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

A surgical instrument including a handle assembly, an elongated portion, an end effector, and a stop member is disclosed. The end effector is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion and includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member. At least one jaw member is movable with respect to the other jaw member between spaced and approximated positions. The first jaw member includes an upper tissue-contacting surface and a lower shelf portion. The shelf portion includes a groove disposed therein. The stop member is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the first jaw member and is pivotable with respect to the first jaw member between a first position, a significant portion of the stop member being positioned external to the first jaw member, and a second position where a lower portion of the stop member being positioned at least partially within the groove.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A surgical instrument for surgically joining tissue, the surgical instrument comprising:
a handle assembly;
an elongated portion extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis;
an end effector disposed adjacent a distal portion of the elongated portion, the end effector including a first jaw member and a second jaw member, one of the first or second jaw members being movable with respect to another of the first and second ja…

Assignees

• Marczyk Stanislaw
• Covidien Lp

Inventors

• Marczyk Stanislaw

Classifications

• A61B2017/2945

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2018/1432

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2017/320052

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B2019/303

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B18/1442

  Human Necessities · mapped topic