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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Jharkhand, IN;
Nikhil R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Kiran Garikipati, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Cinish P. Varghese, Idukki District Kerala, IN;
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar-Pradesh, IN;
Vinayan Vivekanandan, Kerala, IN;
Harshottam Singh Dhakad, Madhya Pradesh, IN;
Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Jharkhand, IN;
Nikhil R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Kiran Garikipati, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Cinish P. Varghese, Idukki District Kerala, IN;
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar-Pradesh, IN;
Vinayan Vivekanandan, Kerala, IN;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue including a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the stationary housing into the cartridge receiving half-section if the single use loading unit is not mounted in the stationary housing.