Surgical stapling instrument with chemical sealant
First Claim
1. A surgical instrument comprising:
- at least one grasping jaw, including a shape memory alloy and configured for grasping a body tissue;
at least one delivery mechanism adapted to deliver one or more surgical staples and operably coupled to control circuitry, the delivery mechanism contained within the at least one grasping jaw;
at least one chemical tissue sealant reservoir contained within or located in proximity to the at least one grasping jaw, and operably coupled to the control circuitry;
a trigger operably coupled to the control circuitry, wherein said at least one chemical tissue sealant reservoir and said at least one delivery mechanism are responsive to a signal generated by said trigger; and
a flexually deformable and steerable shaft connected to the at least one grasping jaw, and containing at least one shape memory alloy.
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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 actuation mechanism adapted to deliver surgical staples, the actuation mechanism being located in a proximity to or contained within the at least one grasping jaw, the surgical staples 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 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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38 Claims
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1. A surgical instrument comprising:
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at least one grasping jaw, including a shape memory alloy and configured for grasping a body tissue; at least one delivery mechanism adapted to deliver one or more surgical staples and operably coupled to control circuitry, the delivery mechanism contained within the at least one grasping jaw; at least one chemical tissue sealant reservoir contained within or located in proximity to the at least one grasping jaw, and operably coupled to the control circuitry; a trigger operably coupled to the control circuitry, wherein said at least one chemical tissue sealant reservoir and said at least one delivery mechanism are responsive to a signal generated by said trigger; and a flexually deformable and steerable shaft connected to the at least one grasping jaw, and containing at least one shape memory alloy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A surgical instrument comprising:
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at least one grasping jaw, including a shape memory alloy and configured for grasping a body tissue; at least one delivery mechanism adapted to deliver one or more surgical staples and operably coupled to control circuitry, the delivery mechanism contained within the at least one grasping jaw; at least one chemical tissue sealant reservoir contained within or located in proximity to the at least one grasping jaw, and operably coupled to the control circuitry; a trigger operably coupled to the control circuitry, wherein said at least one chemical tissue sealant reservoir and said at least one delivery mechanism are responsive to a signal generated by said trigger, and at least one energy module contained within the at least one grasping jaw. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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