Modular tool heads for use with circular surgical instruments

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8827903
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13181807

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Various universal ports for installation into a colon are disclosed. Some embodiments include means for permitting an anvil of a surgical stapler to pass through a port in a first direction and means for permitting a portion of the patient's colon to pass through the port in a second direction. Some embodiments also employ a flexible sleeve that may extend from the port out through the anus to provide a passageway for passing surgical instruments into and out of the rectum and also for removing severed specimens therefrom.

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  • ETHICON LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aronhalt, Taylor W Loveland, US 281 150909
Baxter,, III Chester O Loveland, US 537 293234
Johnson, Gregory W Milford, US 156 36454
Morgan, Jerome R Cincinnati, US 714 538953
Schall, Christopher J Cincinnati, US 44 42373
Shelton,, IV Frederick E Hillsboro, US 3145 1563011
Worrell, Barry C Centerville, US 142 36238
Young, Joseph E Loveland, US 71 48850

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