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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Aditya Nanditale Gurumurthy, Kamataka, IN;
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Kiran Garikipati, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Nagaraju Dongala, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Nikhil R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes an anvil half-section having a distal anvil portion and a proximal handle portion and a cartridge receiving half-section having an elongated channel member. A firing assembly is releasably supported in the cartridge half-section and includes a locking member. A clamping lever having an engagement member engages a latch portion of the locking member to releasably retain the clamping lever in a clamped position.