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Christopher J. Hess
Researcher at Ethicon Inc.
Publications - 97
Citations - 9500
Christopher J. Hess is an academic researcher from Ethicon Inc.. The author has contributed to research in topics: Surgical instrument & Robot end effector. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 94 publications receiving 9498 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher J. Hess include Hess Corporation.
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Washer for use with a surgical stapling instrument
William B. Ii Weisenburgh,Christopher J. Hess,Lawrence E. Wells,Douglas J. Siebenaler,Thomas W. Huitema,Jerome R. Morgan,Michael A. Murray,Andrew M. Zwolinski,Carl J. Shurtleff,Binoy K. Bordoloi,James W. Voegele +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a breakaway washer was inserted into an anvil to bend or turn a surgical stapler, and the staple ends were retained by the staple guide sections so that the staples did not re-penetrate or re-puncture stapled tissue.
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Surgical staples having attached drivers and stapling instruments for deploying the same
Christopher J. Hess,Jerome R. Morgan,Michael F. Clem,Frederick E. Shelton,II William B. Weisenburgh +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a surgical stapling system with a driver and a staple is described, where the driver is connected to the staple and the staple is attached to the driver.
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Surgical staple having a deformable member with a non-circular cross-sectional geometry
Michael A. Murray,Jerome R. Morgan,Christopher J. Hess,II William B. Weisenburgh,Andrew M. Zwolinski +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a surgical staple including at least two deformable members which can be bent upon contacting an anvil of a surgical stapler is described, and at least a portion of the deformable parts can include a non-circular cross-section which can dictate the direction and manner in which the deformed members are bent.
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Surgical access device
Christopher W. Widenhouse,II William B. Weisenburgh,Frederick E. Shelton,David K. Norvell,Robert P. Gill,James W. Voegele,Michael A. Murray,Christopher J. Hess,Michael S. Cropper +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, various devices are provided for allowing multiple surgical instruments to be inserted through a single surgical access device at variable angles of insertion, allowing for ease of manipulation within a patient's body while maintaining insufflation.
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Modular surgical tool systems
Frederick E. Shelton,Jerome R. Morgan,Taylor W. Aronhalt,Gregory W. Johnson,Chester O. Baxter,Joseph E. Young,Barry C. Worrell,Christopher J. Hess,Mark S. Ortiz,Rupert Dzheson K,Steven G. Hall,Daniel J. Mumaw,Aron O. Zingman,Katherine J. Schmid,Jacob S. Gee,Richard W. Timm +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a modular surgical instrument t is described for use with a plurality of interchangeable surgical tool heads that are configured to perform different surgical actions, depending upon the type of surgical tool head attached thereto.