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Loading unit retention clip for surgical stapling instrument

  • US 10,039,549 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2015
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of securing a loading unit to a surgical instrument, the method comprising:

  • inserting a distal end of the surgical instrument into a proximal end portion of the loading unit, the distal end of the surgical instrument flexing lugs of a retention clip passing through engagement openings defined in an annular surface of the loading unit outward as the distal end of the surgical instrument is received within the proximal end portion of the loading unit, the lugs received in windows defined in the distal end of the surgical instrument when the distal end of the surgical instrument is fully received within the proximal end portion of the loading unit to secure the loading unit to the surgical instrument.

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