SURGICAL CUTTING AND STAPLING INSTRUMENT WITH SELF ADJUSTING ANVIL

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13488903

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A surgical instrument for being endoscopically or laparoscopically inserted into a surgical site for simultaneous stapling and severing of tissue includes an elongate channel that is configured to operably support a staple cartridge therein. An anvil is coupled to the elongate channel and is configured to interact therewith such that at least a mounting portion of the anvil can seatingly engage corresponding portions of the elongate channel at any one of a discrete number of predetermined locations to adjust a tissue clamping space between the anvil and the elongate channel in response to a thickness of tissue received between the elongate channel and the anvil and application of a closing motion to the anvil.

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ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC4545 CREEK ROAD #97 CINCINNATI OH 45242

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Shelton,, IV Frederick E Hillsboro, US 3144 1552273
Uth, Joshua Mason, US 25 9344

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