US 11,986,185 B2
Methods for controlling a surgical stapler
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); Chad P. Boudreaux, Cincinnati, OH (US); Gregory J. Bakos, Mason, OH (US); and Chester O. Baxter, III, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,967.
Application 18/111,967 is a division of application No. 16/281,658, filed on Feb. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,589,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,310, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/807,319, 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 62/649,302, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,294, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,300, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,309, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,310, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,291, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,296, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,333, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,327, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,315, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,313, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,320, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,307, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,323, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210527 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
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)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A method for controlling a surgical stapler that includes an end effector with a second jaw that is movable relative to a first jaw of the end effector between an open position and a closed position and a firing member that is movable between a starting position and an ending position within the end effector, wherein said method comprises:
installing a surgical staple cartridge in the first jaw of the end effector, wherein the surgical staple cartridge comprises:
a cartridge body;
a plurality of surgical staples stored in the cartridge body; and
a camming assembly configured to eject the surgical staples from the cartridge body, wherein the camming assembly comprises a tissue cutting member movable between a deployed position and a stored position, and wherein said method further comprises:
moving the second jaw into the closed position;
distally advancing the firing member from the starting position into latching engagement with the tissue cutting member to retain the tissue cutting member in the deployed position;
driving the firing member and the camming assembly toward the ending position;
stopping the firing member in an intermediate position prior to reaching the ending position;
de-latching the tissue cutting member from the firing member when the firing member is in the intermediate position; and
returning the firing member from the intermediate position to the starting position.