Surgical fastener applying apparatus
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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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106 Claims
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1-28. -28. (canceled)
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29. A surgical fastener applying apparatus comprising:
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an anvil half-section having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion including an anvil which defines a fastener forming surface against which surgical fasteners are driven;
a cartridge receiving half-section having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the cartridge receiving half-section being configured and adapted to releasably mate with the anvil half-section, the surgical fastener applying apparatus having an assembled configuration wherein the anvil half-section and the cartridge receiving half-section are positioned in juxtaposed alignment with each other, the anvil half-section and the cartridge receiving half-section being relatively movable from an unclamped position to a fully clamped position to clamp tissue therebetween, the cartridge half-section including a pivotable clamping lever, wherein movement of the clamping lever from a first position to a second position moves the cartridge receiving and anvil half-sections to the fully clamped position, the anvil half-section and the cartridge half-section defining a gap between their respective distal ends when in the fully clamped position; and
a gap adjustment mechanism operatively associated between the anvil half-section and the cartridge receiving half-section, wherein the gap adjustment mechanism is configured and adapted to vary the size of the gap between the distal end portions of the anvil half-section and the cartridge receiving half-section. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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101. A surgical fastener applying apparatus comprising:
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an anvil half-section having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion including an anvil which defines a fastener forming surface against which surgical fasteners are driven; and
a cartridge receiving half-section having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the cartridge receiving half-section being configured and adapted to releasably mate with the anvil half-section, the surgical fastener applying apparatus having an assembled configuration wherein the anvil half-section and the cartridge receiving half-section are positioned in juxtaposed alignment with each other, the anvil half-section and the cartridge receiving half-section being relatively movable from an unclamped position to a fully clamped position to clamp tissue therebetween, the cartridge half-section including a pivotable clamping lever, wherein movement of the clamping lever from a first position to a second position moves the cartridge receiving and anvil half-sections to the fully clamped position, wherein the proximal end of the cartridge receiving half-section includes a pair of upstanding juxtaposed pivot plates each including a pin receiving slot formed therein. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105)
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106-169. -169. (canceled)
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