Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Surgical stapler including couplers for attaching a shaft to an end effector
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Application No.: US16545101Application Date: 2019-08-20
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Publication No.: US11918213B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV , Jeffrey S. Swayze , Jerome R. Morgan , Chester O. Baxter, III
- Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
- Applicant Address: CH Zug
- Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
- Current Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zug
- Main IPC: A61B17/072
- IPC: A61B17/072 ; A61B17/10 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B34/35 ; A61B34/37 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
Surgical end effectors and fastener cartridges having firing lockout arrangements for preventing or limit a firing stroke when a cartridge has not been operably installed in the end effector or a spent cartridge has not been replaced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200054334A1 FIRING SYSTEM LOCKOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Public/Granted day:2020-02-20
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