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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar-Pradesh, IN;
Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Jharkhand, IN;
Nikhil R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Vinayan Vivekanandan, Kerala, IN;
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar-Pradesh, IN;
Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Jharkhand, IN;
Nikhil R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Vinayan Vivekanandan, Kerala, IN;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue. The apparatus includes a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member, an anvil half-section, and a clamping lever. The cartridge receiving half-section releasably receives a cartridge and a firing assembly. The clamping lever includes a protrusion in a sidewall which is receivable in a bifurcated depression formed in a sidewall of the cartridge receiving half-section to releasably retain the clamping lever in a non-clamped position and in a clamped position. The apparatus includes a disposable firing assembly and SULU.