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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
David Ivanko, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surgical fastener applying apparatus including an anvil half-section having a distal end and a longitudinal axis; a cartridge receiving half-section having a distal end and operatively couplable with the anvil half-section such that the distal ends of the half-sections are in juxtaposed relation; and a deflection control system operatively engaged with and reinforcing the distal end of the anvil half-section when a force is applied to the distal end of the anvil half-section in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.
Published as:
EP1523942A2; US2005082336A1; EP1523942A3; US7296722B2; US2008054046A1; US2009127313A1; US7543729B2; US7699205B2; US2010170933A1; US8011552B2; US2011278345A1; EP2484293A1; US8292149B2; US2013020374A1; EP2570087A1; EP1523942B1; ES2403179T3; EP2484293B1; ES2415381T3; US8701961B2; US2014158743A1; US9241711B2; US2016192935A1; EP2570087B1; EP3138511A1; ES2611340T3; US10154843B2; US2019105050A1; EP3138511B1; ES2792872T3; US10835252B2;