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Patent No.:

US 9839429 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2015

Stapling system comprising a lockout

Applicant:

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

William B. Weisenburgh, II, Maineville, OH (US);

Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Kyle P. Moore, Woodstock, GA (US);

Geoffrey C. Hueil, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);

Douglas B. Hoffman, Harrison, OH (US);

Patrick A. Weizman, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Dean B. Bruewer, Fairfield, OH (US);

Gregory B. Blair, McCordsville, IN (US);

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);

Assignee:

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Michelle Lopez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/105 (2013.01); A61B 17/068 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61B 17/3209 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07214 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2931 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stapling assembly system for use with a surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The stapling assembly system comprises a shaft portion and a first replaceable cartridge jaw that comprises a first retainer configured to prevent first staple drivers from falling out of said first replaceable cartridge jaw. The stapling assembly system further comprises a second replaceable cartridge jaw that comprises a second retainer configured to prevent second staple drivers from falling out of said second replaceable cartridge jaw. The stapling assembly system further comprises a second jaw comprising an anvil, a firing member configured to engage said first staple drivers during a first firing stroke of said firing member and said second staple drivers during a second firing stroke of said firing member, and a lockout configured to selectively prevent said firing member from being advanced through a said firing stroke.

Published as:
CN101507623A; EP2090245A1; US2009206131A1; JP2009189844A; BRPI0901508A2; RU2009105140A; US2011132964A1; EP2465441A2; EP2465445A2; EP2465441A3; EP2465445A3; RU2489975C2; US8875972B2; CN101507623B; US2015060521A1; US2015201935A1; US2016000439A1; US2016000440A1; US9839429B2; EP2090245B1; EP2465441B1; EP2465445B1; US9913647B2; US2018103954A1; PL2090245T3; PL2465441T3; PL2465445T3; US10058327B2; US10835250B2; US2021100553A1; US12171434B2;

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