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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Karl H. Ehrenfels, Cheshire, CT (US);
David Ivanko, San Diego, CA (US);
Randolph F. Lehn, Stratford, CT (US);
Roberto Pedros, Oxford, CT (US);
Csaba L. Rethy, Fairfield, CT (US);
Frank Viola, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Karl H. Ehrenfels, Cheshire, CT (US);
David Ivanko, San Diego, CA (US);
Randolph F. Lehn, Stratford, CT (US);
Roberto Pedros, Oxford, CT (US);
Csaba L. Rethy, Fairfield, CT (US);
Frank Viola, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Tyco Healthcare Group LP, North Haven, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.