Steerable surgical stapler
First Claim
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
- at least one grasping jaw, said at least one grasping jaw being adapted to deliver surgical staples responsive to an actuation force; and
a force generator mechanism that is contained within said at least one grasping jaw or is in a proximity to said at least one grasping jaw, said force generator mechanism being coupled to said grasping jaw and responsive to an input signal to independently produce said actuation force.
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Abstract
Embodiments include a surgical device and a method. An embodiment of the surgical instrument includes at least one grasping jaw, the at least one grasping jaw being adapted to deliver surgical staples by a force generated from a force generator mechanism that is contained within the at least one grasping jaw or is in a proximity to the at least one grasping jaw. Another embodiment includes at least one grasping jaw, at least one delivery mechanism adapted to deliver surgical fasteners, the delivery mechanism being located in a proximity to or contained within the at least one grasping jaw, the surgical fasteners containing at least one shape-transforming material, at least one sensor, at least one chemical tissue sealant and at least one cutter. A method includes: grasping a body organ/tissue with at least one grasping jaw, adjusting a configuration of the grasping in response to a signal or a datum or an image, and releasing a surgical staple/fastener in response to the signal, datum or image.
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282 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:
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at least one grasping jaw, said at least one grasping jaw being adapted to deliver surgical staples responsive to an actuation force; and a force generator mechanism that is contained within said at least one grasping jaw or is in a proximity to said at least one grasping jaw, said force generator mechanism being coupled to said grasping jaw and responsive to an input signal to independently produce said actuation force. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 35)
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51. A surgical instrument comprising:
a flexually deformable and steerable shaft operably connected to at least one grasping jaw having a force generator mechanism that is contained within said at least one grasping jaw or is in a proximity to said at least one grasping jaw, said flexually deformable and steerable shaft being controllably deformable to permit a high degree of maneuverability of said surgical instrument. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A surgical instrument comprising:
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at least one grasping jaw; a force receiver adapted to receive manual force from a user; and an actuation mechanism responsive to said manual force to produce a jaw-laden force without mechanically coupling said manual force to said grasping jaw. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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272. A method of splicing body organs/tissues comprising:
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grasping a body organ/tissue with at least one grasping jaw; adjusting a configuration of said grasping in response to a signal or a datum or an image; and releasing a surgical staple/fastener in response to said signal, datum or image. - View Dependent Claims (273, 274, 275, 279, 280, 281)
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