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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Babak Jasemian, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Steven E. Decker, Anaheim, CA (US);
Atal C. Patel, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Erik Nelson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrew J. Mccarthy, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Scott Zimmerman, Lancaster, CA (US);
Timothy M. Hopkins, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Joshua M. Schober, Temecula, CA (US);
Eric J. Weiss, San Clemente, CA (US);
Matthew M. Becerra, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Christina N. Reed, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling system can include a reload shaft. The shaft can include an elongate tubular member with have a jaw assembly at the distal end thereof and a coupling collar at the proximal end thereof. The shaft assembly also includes an articulation joint coupling the jaw assembly to the distal end. A drive member and an articulation member extend within the tubular body of the shaft from the proximal end to the distal end. A firing member is connected to the distal end of the drive member such that advancement of the drive beam advances the firing member to close the jaw assemblies and fire staples from a reload positioned in the jaw assembly. The shaft assembly can also include a lockout mechanism to prevent a firing operation on a previously-fired reload or no reload.