Surgical instrument with curvilinear tissue-contacting surfaces

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8328062
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12793326

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A surgical stapling instrument including a handle assembly, an elongated body portion, a shell assembly and an anvil assembly. The elongated body portion extends distally from the handle assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. The shell assembly is disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongated body portion and includes a non-planar, tissue-contacting surface oriented obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The anvil assembly includes a non-planar, tissue-contacting surface oriented obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis. The tissue-contacting surface of the anvil assembly is configured to align with the tissue-contacting surface of the shell assembly when the anvil assembly and shell assembly are in the approximated position.

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COVIDIEN LP15 HAMPSHIRE STREET MANSFIELD MA 02048

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Viola, Frank J Sandy Hook, US 306 269250

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