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Patent No.:

US 12245764 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2021

Shaft assembly comprising a lockout

Applicant:

Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Mark D. Overmyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Jeffrey S. Swayze, West Chester, OH (US);

Andrew T. Beckman, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Robert L. Koch, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US);

Assignee:

Cilag GmbH International, Zug, CH;

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas M Wittenschlaeger

Assistant Examiner:

Katie L Gerth

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00464 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07228 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0725 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07264 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2902 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2912 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2929 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2936 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2946 (2013.01); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0814 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0818 (2016.02);
Abstract

An end effector is disclosed comprising a cartridge channel, a staple cartridge positionable in the cartridge channel, and a firing assembly configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge is not positioned in the cartridge channel. Moreover, the firing assembly is configured to lock itself if the staple cartridge has been at least partially spent.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Overmyer, Mark. (2025). Shaft assembly comprising a lockout (U.S. Patent No. 12245764). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12245764

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