SURGICAL FASTENER APPLYING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A surgical fastener applying apparatus, comprising:
- a cartridge half-section supporting a pair of camming surface extensions extending from a cam bar arrangement;
an anvil half-section, said cartridge and anvil half-sections being relatively movable from an unclamped position to a clamped position; and
a first clamp lever operatively connected to the cartridge half-section and a second clamp lever operatively connected to the anvil half-section;
wherein each clamp lever is movable between a first position in which the cartridge and anvil half sections are in the unclamped position, and a second position in which the cartridge and anvil half sections are in the clamped position.
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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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32 Claims
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1. A surgical fastener applying apparatus, comprising:
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a cartridge half-section supporting a pair of camming surface extensions extending from a cam bar arrangement; an anvil half-section, said cartridge and anvil half-sections being relatively movable from an unclamped position to a clamped position; and a first clamp lever operatively connected to the cartridge half-section and a second clamp lever operatively connected to the anvil half-section; wherein each clamp lever is movable between a first position in which the cartridge and anvil half sections are in the unclamped position, and a second position in which the cartridge and anvil half sections are in the clamped position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A surgical fastener applying apparatus, comprising:
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a cartridge section having a loading unit, the loading unit including a cartridge body with staple retaining slots and a plurality of surgical staples; an anvil section having an anvil surface for forming the plurality of surgical staples, the cartridge section and the anvil section being arranged to be joined to one another and relatively movable from an unclamped position to a clamped position; and a first clamp lever operatively connected to the cartridge section and a second clamp lever operatively connected to the anvil section, each clamp lever being movable from a closed position in which the cartridge section and the anvil section are in the clamped position to an open position in which the cartridge section and the anvil section are in the unclamped position, each clamp lever being movable to the open and closed position independently of the other clamp lever. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A surgical fastener applying apparatus, comprising:
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a cartridge section having a loading unit, the loading unit including a cartridge body with staple retaining slots and a plurality of surgical staples; an anvil section having an anvil surface for forming the plurality of surgical staples, the cartridge section and the anvil section being arranged to be joined to one another and relatively movable from an unclamped position to a clamped position; and a first clamp lever operatively connected to the cartridge section and a second clamp lever operatively connected to the anvil section, each clamp lever being independently movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the cartridge section and the anvil section are in the clamped position when both the first clamp lever and the second clamp lever are in the closed position; and wherein the cartridge section and the anvil section are in the unclamped position when at least one of the first clamp lever and the second clamp lever is in the open position. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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