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SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE WITH A CURVED END EFFECTOR

  • US 20140001237A1
  • Filed: 08/30/2013
  • Published: 01/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An end effector for use with a surgical instrument, the end effector comprising:

  • a first jaw, comprising;

    a first intermediate portion; and

    a first distal portion; and

    a second jaw, wherein one of said first jaw and said second jaw comprises a plurality of staple cavities arranged in a plurality of curved staple cavity rows, wherein said second jaw is moveable relative to said first jaw between an open orientation, a partially-closed orientation, and a closed orientation, and wherein said second jaw comprises;

    a second intermediate portion, wherein said second intermediate portion is positioned a partially-closed intermediate distance from said first intermediate portion when said second jaw is in said partially-closed orientation; and

    a second distal portion, wherein said second distal portion is positioned a partially-closed distal distance from said first distal portion when said second jaw is in said partially-closed orientation, and wherein said partially-closed distal distance is less than said partially-closed intermediate distance.

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