Stepped staple cartridge with tissue retention and gap setting features

FE Shelton IV, JL Harris, JR Morgan - US Patent 10,687,810, 2020 - Google Patents
A staple cartridge includes a stepped cartridge deck. The staple cartridge further includes
tissue retention features configured to resist tissue slippage while tissue is captured …

Staple cartridge comprising staples with different clamping breadths

FE Shelton IV, GJ Bakos, JL Harris - US Patent 10,993,715, 2021 - Google Patents
A staple cartridge assembly is disclosed which comprises first staples including a drive
portion and a clenching portion offset from the drive portion by a first distance and, in …

Stepped staple cartridge with asymmetrical staples

FE Shelton IV, JL Harris, GJ Bakos - US Patent 10,537,324, 2020 - Google Patents
2017-05-31 Assigned to ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC reassignment ETHICON ENDO-
SURGERY, LLC ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Staple cartridge with deformable driver retention features

FE Shelton IV, JL Harris, JR Morgan - US Patent 10,945,727, 2021 - Google Patents
2017-05-23 Assigned to ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC reassignment ETHICON ENDO-
SURGERY, LLC ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Staple cartridge comprising offset longitudinal staple rows

FE Shelton IV, GJ Bakos, JL Harris - US Patent 10,893,863, 2021 - Google Patents
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Staple cartridge comprising wire staples and stamped staples

FE Shelton IV, JL Harris, GJ Bakos - US Patent 11,000,278, 2021 - Google Patents
A staple cartridge assembly is disclosed. The staple cartridge assembly includes one or
more wire staples and one or more staples formed from a sheet of material. For example, the …

Staple cartridge comprising overdriven staples

FE Shelton IV, JL Harris, GJ Bakos - US Patent 10,675,024, 2020 - Google Patents
A staple cartridge assembly is disclosed which comprises staples formed from one or more
sheets of material. The staples are removably stored in a cartridge body comprising a deck …

Circular stapling system comprising rotary firing system

JL Harris, FE Shelton IV, DL Garner - US Patent 10,675,021, 2020 - Google Patents
An end effector for use with a surgical stapler is disclosed, the end effector comprises a
cartridge body comprising a longitudinal axis and a plurality of staple cavities defined in the …

Method for operating a surgical stapling system

FE Shelton IV, JL Harris, AD Hensel - US Patent 11,045,191, 2021 - Google Patents
A surgical instrument system is disclosed which comprises a distal end and a staple
cartridge assembly comprising staples removably stored therein. The instrument system …

Surgical stapling instrument

FE Shelton IV, AK Nalagatla, SB Patel… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A surgical stapling attachment configured to clamp, staple, and cut tissue is disclosed. The
surgical stapling attachment comprises an attachment portion, a shaft assembly, an …