Cable driven surgical stapling and cutting instrument with improved cable attachment arrangements

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APP PUB NO 20080308603A1
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11820124

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A cable attachment arrangement for attaching a cable to a surgical instrument component. In various embodiments, the cable attachment arrangement comprises a wedge-shaped slug that is attached to a portion of the cable and shaped to be received in a complementary shaped pocket in the surgical instrument component. In various embodiments, the slug may be wedge-shaped or conical in shape. In other embodiments, an end portion of the cable is folded over adjacent another portion of the cable and attached thereto by clamps or adhesive to form a loop sized to receive a portion of a surgical instrument component therein. Other embodiments comprise an endless cable formed from woven material wherein the ends of the cable are woven together.

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CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONALZUG CITY ZUG ZUG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Shelton, Frederick E New Vienna, OH 63 33125
Timm, Richard W Cincinnati, OH 160 98083

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