	US 12,232,728 B2
	Method of surgical stapling with end effector component having a curved tip
Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US); Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US); Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Hilary A. Reinhardt, Cincinnati, OH (US); Christopher J. Hess, Blue Ash, OH (US); Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US); and Daniel L. Baber, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,146.
Application 18/079,146 is a continuation of application No. 16/035,893, filed on Jul. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,564,687.
Application 16/035,893 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/435,573, filed on Feb. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,828,031, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225730 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)

CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0686 (2013.01); A61B 17/07292 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00845 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00862 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00946 (2013.01); A61B 17/0218 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01)]

21 Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

(a) a first jaw having a plurality of staple apertures that house a plurality of staples;

(b) a second jaw having a plurality of staple forming pockets configured to form the staples, wherein the first and second jaws are configured to transition from an open state to a closed state to clamp and staple tissue with the staples;

(c) a tip coupled with one of the first and second jaws such that a proximal end of the tip is longitudinally constrained relative to the selected jaw, the tip comprising a body extending from the proximal end to a distal end; and

wherein the distal end is moveable, via the application of an external force, from a first position, where the distal end is positioned at a first angle relative to the one of the first and second jaws such that the body is nominally parallel to a distal end of the other of the first and second jaws, to a second position, where the distal end is positioned at a second angle different from the first angle, relative to the one of the first and second jaws and wherein the body is spaced apart from a distal end of the other of the first and second jaws when the body is in either of the first and second positions, and wherein the distal end maintains the second position after the application of the external force ceases.