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Disposable Cartridge With Adhesive For Use With A Stapling Device

  • US 20080110958A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2006
  • Published: 05/15/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical stapling device for clamping and stapling tissue comprising:

  • a) a shaft;

    b) a first clamping jaw and a second clamping jaw extending from a distal end of the shaft to clamp tissue therebetween, the second clamping jaw movable from an open position for the reception of tissue to a closed position to clamp tissue between the first clamping jaw and the second clamping jaw;

    c) a removable cartridge mounted in the first clamping jaw and having a tissue clamping surface thereon, the removable cartridge containing;

    a plurality of staples and staple ejection members therein, a fluid, and a cartridge dispensing system for dispensing the fluid from the clamping surface of the removable cartridge, the cartridge dispensing system having at least one rigid chamber with a movable member therein and a plurality of rigid fluid passageways operably connecting the at least one rigid chamber with the tissue clamping surface, the at least one rigid chamber and the plurality of rigid fluid passageways containing the fluid therein and separate from contact with the plurality of staples and staple ejection members;

    d) a firing system within the surgical stapling device having a translating member that operably couples with the staples and staple ejection members when the firing system is actuated to eject the plurality of staples from the removable cartridge into clamped tissue and form the staples against the second clamping jaw; and

    e) a fluid application system is at least partially contained within the shaft and operably coupling with the movable member in the removable cartridge when the removable cartridge is mounted in the first clamping jaw, wherein when the fluid application system is actuated, the movable member of the cartridge dispensing system is moved and fluid is dispensed from the removable cartridge onto tissue.

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