US 11,937,817 B2
Surgical instruments with asymmetric jaw arrangements and separate closure and firing systems
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); and Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,758.
Application 17/854,758 is a continuation of application No. 16/281,658, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,589,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,319, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,310, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,309, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/650,887, filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,300, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,333, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,302, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,313, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,294, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,307, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,310, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,309, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,291, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,327, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,323, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,315, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,320, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,296, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346792 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2939 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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11. A surgical instrument, comprising:
a first jaw defining a vertically extending central plane;
a second jaw comprising a mounting tab located only on one lateral side of the vertically extending central plane, wherein said mounting tab is pivotally coupled to said first jaw only on the one lateral side of the vertically extending central plane, wherein said second jaw is pivotally coupled to said first jaw about a pivot axis that is transverse to the vertically extending central plane;
a firing member supported within said first jaw for movement between a starting position and an ending position within said first jaw;
a firing drive member operably interfacing with said firing member; and
a closure drive member operably interfacing with the second jaw, wherein at least a portion of said closure drive member and at least a portion of said firing drive member are operably supported within said first jaw on opposite lateral sides of the vertically extending central plane.