The surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector that is operable to compress, staple and cut the tissue.The end effector includes a pair of Joe.One of Joe has a larger thickness than the other.The placement tip on the thicker jaw is elastically deformable from the biased curved position when a force such as force applied when the tissue is clamped between the jaw is applied to the tip.The placement tip extends farther from the distal end of the jaw attached thereto.The placement tip may have various shapes.The arrangement tip is made of a material having a rigidity lower than that of Joe extending the tip portion.
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