James W. Voegele,William B. Weisenburgh, II,Christopher J. Hess,Michael A. Murray,Robert P. Gill,Darrel M. Powell
申请号：
US12416546
公开号：
US08945163B2
申请日:
2009.04.01
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
Methods and devices are provided for cutting and fastening tissue. In one embodiment, a surgical device can be used to at least partially transect a stomach by not cutting and/or not fastening a portion of tissue engaged in an end effector located at the devices distal end. A portion of the stomach can be engaged by the end effector, and the end effector can be actuated to cut and/or to apply one or more fasteners to tissue engaged in a distal portion of the end effector but not to cut and/or apply fasteners to tissue engaged in a proximal portion of the end effector. In a similar way, the surgical device can be used in any surgical procedure in which it is desired to cut and/or fasten a distal portion of tissue engaged by the end effector but not a proximal portion of tissue engaged by the end effector.
