Steerable surgical stapler
First Claim
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
- at least one grasping jaw configured for grasping a body tissue and including a shape memory alloy, 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 and said force generator mechanism being operably coupled to control circuitry, and a trigger operably coupled to the control circuitry, wherein said force generator mechanism is responsive to a signal generated by said trigger.
5 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
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.
-
Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
-
at least one grasping jaw configured for grasping a body tissue and including a shape memory alloy, 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 and said force generator mechanism being operably coupled to control circuitry, and a trigger operably coupled to the control circuitry, wherein said force generator mechanism is responsive to a signal generated by said trigger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
Specification