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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
John Beardsley, Wallingford, CT (US);
Stanislaw Kostrzewski, Newton, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical stapling device includes tool assembly having an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly including a cartridge channel and a staple cartridge supported within the cartridge channel. The cartridge channel has a pair of spaced sidewalls and a bottom wall. The cartridge assembly includes compression strips that are supported on upper edges of the side walls and are positioned to support the staple cartridge. In embodiments, each of the compression strips includes a connecting portion and the upper edge of each of the side walls defines a slot that is configured to receive the connecting portion of a respective compression strip to secure the compression strip to the side wall of the cartridge channel. In some embodiments, the tool assembly also includes a compressible pad that is supported on the bottom wall of the cartridge channel between the bottom of the cartridge channel and the staple cartridge.