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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Newton, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A loading unit for engagement with a surgical instrument, and including single and double retention slots, is discloses. At least one single retention cavity includes a first retention guiding surface configured to engage a first pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, a second retention guiding surface configured to engage a second pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, a third retention guiding surface configured to engage a third pusher guiding surface of a single pusher retained therein, and a fourth retention guiding surface configured to engage a fourth pusher guiding surface a the single pusher retained therein. At least one double retention cavity includes a first retention guiding surface configured to engage a first pusher guiding surface of a double pusher retained therein, and a second retention guiding surface configured to engage a second pusher guiding surface of a double pusher retained therein.