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Surgical stapling instrument incorporating a multistroke firing position indicator and retraction mechanism

  • US 20050070958A1
  • Filed: 09/29/2003
  • Published: 03/31/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical instrument, comprising:

  • an elongate implement portion responsive to a firing motion to perform a surgical procedure; and

    a handle connected to the elongate implement portion, comprising;

    a firing mechanism operably configured to produce full travel of the firing motion between an unfired position and a fully fired position, a firing trigger engageable to the firing mechanism during a plurality of firing strokes to move the firing mechanism during a plurality of firing strokes to from the unfired position toward the fully fired position, and an indicator member rotationally related to the firing mechanism to indicate the position of the firing mechanism during firing, the indicator moveable from the unfired to the fully fired position.

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