Laura Shiers Downing

US Patent:

20230053080, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Aug 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/401444

Inventors:

- Zug, CH
Gregory J. Bakos - Mason OH, US
Jeffery D. Bruns - Cincinnati OH, US
Ryan W. McGhee - Cincinnati OH, US
Scott A. Jenkins - Mason OH, US
Laura A. Downing - Cincinnati OH, US
John E. Feds - Milford OH, US
Maxwell T. Rockman - Cincinnati OH, US
John E. Brady - Liberty Township OH, US
Ravi C. Patel - East Providence RI, US
Aaron C. Voegele - Loveland OH, US
Austin J. Bridges - Huntington Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/115

Abstract:

A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil and a stapling head assembly. The anvil defines staple forming pockets. The stapling head assembly includes a body, a coupling member, a firing assembly, and a staple deck. The coupling member is configured to actuate relative to the body to thereby acuate the anvil relative to the body. The firing assembly is configured to drive staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil. The staple deck is defined by an outer arched perimeter and an inner arched perimeter fixed to the body. The staple deck defines staple openings. At least one non-tangential staple opening in the of staple openings extends along a longitudinal axis in a non-tangential relationship with a closest tangent line of the inner arched perimeter or the outer arched perimeter.

US Patent:

20230048389, Feb 16, 2023

Filed:

Aug 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/401460

Inventors:

- Zug, CH
John S. Kimsey - Walton KY, US
Morgan R. Hunter - Cincinnati OH, US
Cory G. Kimball - Hamilton OH, US
Gregory J. Bakos - Mason OH, US
Christopher Q. Seow - Cincinnati OH, US
Pierre R. Mesnil - Newport KY, US
Laura A. Downing - Cincinnati OH, US
Jeffery D. Bruns - Cincinnati OH, US
Ryan W. McGhee - Cincinnati OH, US
John E. Feds - Milford OH, US
Michael J. Stokes - Cincinnati OH, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/115
A61B 17/11

Abstract:

A surgical stapling instrument includes an anvil defining a plurality of staple forming pockets and a stapling head assembly configured to drive a plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil. The stapling head assembly comprises a coupling member configured to actuate the anvil relative to the stapling head assembly, a firing assembly configured to drive the plurality of staples against the staple forming pockets of the anvil, and a deck member. The deck member includes a deck surface extending radially between an inner circular edge and an outer circular edge, and a plurality of staple openings extending through the deck surface. The plurality of staple openings define at least one cross shape.