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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Jeevan Maddur Shankar Setty, Karnataka, IN;
Sridharan Varadhan, Hyderabad, IN;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling device includes an alignment pin pusher, an approximation assembly, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly includes a bell crank assembly including a bell crank and a bell crank pin. The bell crank pin is movable from an activated position to a deactivated position. In the activated position, the bell crank pin couples the alignment pin pusher to the approximation mechanism such that movement of the approximation mechanism causes movement of the alignment pin pusher from a retracted position to an advanced position. In the deactivated position, the bell crank pin is moved to a position to uncouple alignment pin assembly from the approximation mechanism.