US 12,029,426 B2
Endoscopic purse string suture surgical device
Paul Millman, San Jose, CA (US); William Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US); Nina Frankel, San Jose, CA (US); and Steven D. Wexner, Parkland, FL (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/281,578
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/056979
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/081960, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,912, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386427 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/115 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1142 (2013.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical stapler for applying a suture to tissue, the surgical stapler comprising:
an elongated shaft having a distal end and a proximal end;
an end effector having first and second jaws configured to move from an open position to a closed position;
a cartridge removably coupled to the end effector and having a first upper portion sized to fit into the first jaw, a second lower portion sized to fit into the second jaw and a living hinge between the first upper portion and the second lower portion, wherein the living hinge comprises a channel for receiving a suture, wherein the channel is configured to form the suture into a loop;
a drive member configured to translate distally through the end effector to apply staples and the suture to tissue; and
an actuation mechanism configured to translate the drive member distally through the end effector.