- Patent Title: Surgical stapling system comprising a tissue compression lockout
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Application No.: US15089295Application Date: 2016-04-01
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Publication No.: US10856867B2Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jason L. Harris , Jerome R. Morgan , Christopher C. Miller , Brian Dinardo
- Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; A61B17/068 ; A61B17/115 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B17/32 ; A61B17/3211 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/064 ; A61B17/29

Abstract:
A surgical instrument comprising a closure drive, a firing drive, and a lockout is disclosed. The lockout prevents the firing drive from being actuated until the closure drive has been sufficiently actuated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170281187A1 SURGICAL STAPLING SYSTEM COMPRISING A TISSUE COMPRESSION LOCKOUT Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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