US 12,268,386 B2
Displaceable adjunct attachment features for surgical stapler
Christopher Q. Seow, Cincinnati, OH (US); Taylor W. Aronhalt, Loveland, OH (US); Austin J. Bridges, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Zhifan Huang, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,073.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139479 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0686 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
(a) an adjunct body defining an adjunct surface configured to contact a tissue, wherein the adjunct body is configured to overlie and directly contact a deck of a surgical stapler, wherein the surgical stapler includes a plurality of staples configured to affix the adjunct body to a tissue in response to a firing operation of the surgical stapler; and
(b) a plurality of movable members coupled with the adjunct body, wherein each movable member of the plurality of movable members includes a lower surface configured to contact a sled of the surgical stapler and be individually driven by the sled from a first configuration to a second configuration in response to the firing operation of the surgical stapler and sliding against the sled;
wherein the movable members in the first configuration are configured to couple the adjunct body with the deck and are spaced apart from the adjunct surface such that a gap exists between the adjunct surface and the movable members,
wherein the movable members in the second configuration are configured to enable the adjunct body to separate from the deck.