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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
May. 13, 2019
Ethicon Llc, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Nicholas D. Courtwright, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Barry Thomas Jamison, Fairfield, OH (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Bradley A. Arnold, Mason, OH (US);
Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A surgical stapler includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member, a clamp member, and a firing assembly. The first elongate member includes a distal portion that supports an anvil surface that includes a plurality of staple forming pockets. The second elongate member includes a distal portion that is configured to receive a staple cartridge. The clamp member is operable to releasably clamp the first elongate member against the second elongate member. The firing assembly is translatable from a first longitudinal position to a second longitudinal position to fire the staple cartridge. The firing assembly includes a slider and an actuator. The slider includes a first coupling feature. The actuator is configured to be selectively actuated by a user. The actuator includes a second coupling feature that is configured to generally surround the first coupling feature of the slider when the actuator moves relative to the slider.