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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/115 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/1155 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical stapling device () having an indicator mechanism that is movable between first, second and third positions. The first position of the indicator () indicates to a clinician that the jaws of the surgical stapling device () have yet to be approximated. The second position of the indicator () indicates to a clinician that the jaws of the surgical stapling device () are approximated. The third position of the indicator () indicates to a clinician that the surgical stapling device () has been fired and is depleted of staples.
Published as:
WO2016095112A1; CN106999189A; EP3232946A1; US2017319206A1; JP2017537738A; JP6518766B2; US10542985B2; CN106999189B;