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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2023
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Jeffrey Weidner, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Nicholas Humphreys, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Timothy M. Hopkins, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
Surgical stapler systems can include a jaw assembly with one jaw defining a reload support capable of receiving and firing multiple disposable reload cartridges in a single surgical procedure. The reload cartridge can be protected by a reload cover engageable therewith. The reload cover can include snap features configured to prevent manual removal of the reload cover from the reload cartridge before proper positioning and installation in the reload support. The reload cover can desirably maintain a plurality of staples within staple pockets in the reload cartridge and can maintain a staple deployment mechanism in an unfired position.