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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Austin De Maillé, Manhattan, MT (US);
Jorge Alberto Treviño Blanco, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Hubler, San Jose, CA (US);
Babak D. Jasemian, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Atal Patel, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of installing a stapler reload cartridge in a stapler instrument includes removing a cover from a side of a stapler reload cartridge housing a plurality of staples, the side having a plurality of pusher apertures configured to receive staple pushers during loading of the stapler reload cartridge; after removing the cover, installing the stapler reload cartridge in the stapler instrument by placing the stapler reload cartridge in a jaw of the stapler instrument such that the side having the plurality of pusher apertures faces the jaw; and after installing the stapler reload cartridge in the stapler instrument, removing a staple retainer from a staple ejection side of the stapler reload cartridge, the staple ejection side comprising a plurality of staple apertures configured to eject staples from the stapler reload cartridge.