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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar-Pradesh, IN;
Nikhik R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Kiran Garilkipati, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Sekar Perumal, Tamilnadu, IN;
Rajesh T. Shelke, Banglore, IN;
Cinish P. Varghese, Adimaly, IN;
Richard Roland Bueno, Madison, CT (US);
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Uttar-Pradesh, IN;
Nikhik R. Katre, Maharashtra, IN;
Kiran Garilkipati, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Sekar Perumal, Tamilnadu, IN;
Rajesh T. Shelke, Banglore, IN;
Cinish P. Varghese, Adimaly, IN;
Richard Roland Bueno, Madison, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an anvil half-section and a cartridge-receiving half-section including an elongated channel member having a pair of opposed openings defined through sidewalls thereof. A disposable assembly including a single use loading unit and a single use firing unit is configured to be releasably supported within the cartridge-receiving half-section. The disposable assembly includes a stationary housing for supporting the firing unit which includes a distal extension for supporting the single use loading unit. The stationary housing includes a pair of flared tabs configured to be releasably received within the openings of the cartridge-receiving half-section to releasably engage the disposable assembly within the cartridge-receiving half-section.