• Patent Title: Stapling device with features to prevent inadvertent firing of staples
  • Application No.: US14257061
    Application Date: 2014-04-21
  • Publication No.: US09668733B2
    Publication Date: 2017-06-06
  • Inventor: Justin Williams
  • Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
  • Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
  • Assignee: Covidien LP
  • Current Assignee: Covidien LP
  • Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
  • Main IPC: A61B17/072
  • IPC: A61B17/072 A61B17/00
Stapling device with features to prevent inadvertent firing of staples
Abstract:
A surgical device includes a handle assembly, an elongated body, and a tool assembly. The handle assembly includes an actuation assembly operatively associated with an actuation shaft to advance the actuation shaft and configured to prevent advancement of the actuation shaft when the actuation shaft is in a fully retracted position and a moveable handle is in a non-compressed position and/or to prevent advancement of the actuation shaft when a grasping pawl is extended within a grasping slot of the actuation shaft. The actuation shaft including a vertical pawl locking surface near a distal end configured to engage a locking notch of a vertical pawl. The actuation assembly including a grasping pawl having a radial detent configured to engage a proximal surface of a grasping slot of the actuation shaft when the grasping pawl is positioned within the grasping slot.
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