Surgical fastener applying apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of adjusting a staple gap in a surgical stapling apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing a surgical stapling apparatus having a jaw structure with an anvil receiving portion and a jaw structure with a cartridge receiving portion, the jaw structures being operatively couplable to one another to provide a staple gap between forward portions of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions;
positioning a gap adjustment member between the jaw structures;
rotating the gap adjustment member to provide a staple gap between the forward portions of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions; and
locking the gap adjustment member in a radial position to fix a size of the staple gap.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of adjusting a staple gap in a surgical stapling apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical stapling apparatus having a jaw structure with an anvil receiving portion and a jaw structure with a cartridge receiving portion, the jaw structures being operatively couplable to one another to provide a staple gap between forward portions of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions; positioning a gap adjustment member between the jaw structures; rotating the gap adjustment member to provide a staple gap between the forward portions of the anvil and cartridge receiving portions; and locking the gap adjustment member in a radial position to fix a size of the staple gap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of adjusting a staple gap, the method comprising:
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positioning a gap adjustment member between an anvil receiving portion and a cartridge receiving portion, the anvil receiving portion and the cartridge receiving portion operatively couplable to one another; rotating the gap adjustment member to adjust a size of a staple gap between the anvil and cartridge receiving portions; and locking the gap adjustment member in a radial position to fix the size of the staple gap between the anvil and cartridge receiving portions. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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