Methods and devices are provided for cutting and fastening tissue. In one embodiment, a surgical device can be used to at least partially transect a stomach by not cutting and/or not fastening a portion of tissue engaged in an end effector located at the device's distal end. A portion of the stomach can be engaged by the end effector, and the end effector can be actuated to cut and/or to apply one or more fasteners to tissue engaged in a distal portion of the end effector but not to cut and/or apply fasteners to tissue engaged in a proximal portion of the end effector. In a similar way, the surgical device can be used in any surgical procedure in which it is desired to cut and/or fasten a distal portion of tissue engaged by the end effector but not a proximal portion of tissue engaged by the end effector.
申请公布号
EP2245993(A2)
申请公布日期
2010.11.03
申请号
EP20100250704
申请日期
2010.03.31
申请人
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
发明人
VOEGELE, JAMES W.;WEISENBURGH, WILLIAM B., II;HESS, CHRISTOPHER J.;MURRAY, MICHAEL A.;GILL, ROBERT P.;POWELL, DARREL M.