Shipping wedge with lockout

• US 9,107,662 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Covidien LP (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Kostrzewski, Stanislaw
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Scott A.
• Application Number:
  US14/602,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20150129632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 208 Days
• Field of Search: 227/19, 227/175.1, 227/175.2, 227/175.3, 227/176.1, 227/178.1, 227/180.1, 606/139, 606/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/068 Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clampsstaplers containing only one staple A61B17/10; magazines or containers for staples A61B17/105; for performing anastomosis A61B17/115; staplers in general B25C5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/0686 having a forming anvil staying below the tissue during stapling
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/07207 the staples being applied sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00473 Distal part, e.g. tip or head A61B2017/00464 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0688 Packages or dispensers for surgical staplers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/07271 characterised by its cartridge
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/07285 characterised by its cutter
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/034 abutting on parts of the device itself
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/038 during shipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/0801 Prevention of accidental cutting or pricking

Abstract

A shipping wedge for use with a surgical instrument includes a base configured to be detachably secured with a body portion of the surgical instrument, a blocking member depending from the base and engageable with a movable operative member of the surgical instrument, and a locking member depending from the base and engageable with a lockout mechanism of the surgical instrument.

Claims

1. A shipping wedge for use with a surgical instrument having a body portion, the shipping wedge comprising:

a base configured to be detachably secured with the body portion of the surgical instrument;

a blocking member depending from the base and engageable with a movable operative member of the surgical instrument; and

a locking member depending from the base and engageable with a lockout mechanism of the surgical instrument, wherein the locking member engages a locking plate.

2. The shipping wedge according to claim 1, wherein the locking member has a flange.

3. The shipping wedge according to claim 2, wherein the flange is a circular disc.

4. The shipping wedge according to claim 1, wherein the blocking member is a hook engageable with the movable operative member of the surgical instrument.