Patent ID: 8066166
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical stapling device comprising: an elongated body; an end effector including an anvil assembly movably supported in relation to a cartridge assembly between an open position and a clamped position, the cartridge assembly having a plurality of staples supported therein; and a dissecting tip extending distally from a distal end of one of the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly, the dissecting tip having inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface having a substantially flat proximal portion and a substantially flat distal portion defining an angle with the substantially flat proximal portion of the inner surface, the distal portion of the inner surface extending toward the other of the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly to a location beyond the distal end of the other of the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly to define an opening between the distal portion of the inner surface of the dissecting tip and the distal end of the other of the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly for receiving tissue when the end effector is in a clamped position.