Linear cutting stapler

• US 9,700,315 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2011
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Touchstone International Medical Science Co. Ltd
• Original Assignee: Touchstone International Medical Science Co. Ltd
• Inventors: Zhou, Jing, Fu, Kaifen, Chen, Wangdong
• Primary Examiner(s): Desai, Hemant M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Neacsu, Valentin
• Application Number:
  US13/993,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20130264370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,051 Days
• Field of Search: 2271752
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/072 for applying a row of staples in a single action , e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/07207 the staples being applied sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/07278 characterised by its sled or its staple holder
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/07285 characterised by its cutter
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/03 Automatic limiting or abutting means, e.g. for safety

Abstract

A linear cutting stapler includes an upper jaw and a lower jaw capable of closing or opening relative to each other. A staple cartridge is disposed at a distal end of the lower jaw. The lower jaw is U-shaped, and has a staple driving rod and a blade driving rod slidably disposed therein. The linear cutting stapler further includes a safety mechanism which includes an engagement member. A notch fitting the engagement member is disposed on a bottom surface of the staple driving rod. The safety mechanism further includes a floating block which is displaceable in the lower jaw in an up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the lower jaw. When the floating block is pressed against the staple cartridge or an anvil, a top end of the engagement member is driven to displace in the up-down direction, thus the engagement member is separated from the notch.

Claims

1. A linear cutting stapler, comprising a first half-section and a second half-section capable of being closed or opened relative to each other, with a staple cartridge being provided at an end of the second half-section, the second half-section having a U shape, and a staple pushing bar and a cutter pushing bar being slidably provided in the second half-section,

wherein the linear cutting stapler further comprises a safety mechanism comprising an engaging member, a bottom surface of the staple pushing bar that is away from the first half-section is provided with a notch for engaging with the engaging member, and the engaging member is configured to engage with the notch at the bottom surface of the staple pushing bar;

the safety mechanism further comprises a floating block displaceable in the second half-section in an up-down direction perpendicular to a length direction of the second half-section;

in a first state, the engaging member is engaged with the notch, to stop the staple pushing bar from moving forward in the length direction of the second half-section; and

in a second state, the floating block abuts against the staple cartridge or a staple anvil to drive a top end of the engaging member that is towards the first half-section to displace downwards in the up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section, the engaging member is disengaged from the notch, to allow the staple pushing bar to move forward in the length direction of the second half-section; and

a bottom end of the floating block that is away from the first half-section is connected to the top end of the engaging member that is towards the first half-section, a bottom end of the engaging member that is away from the first half-section is connected to the second half-section, and a first through slot and a second through slot for the staple pushing bar and the cutter pushing bar to pass through respectively are provided on the floating block in the length direction of the second half-section.

2. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion to be pressed by the staple cartridge is provided at an end of the floating block towards the staple cartridge, and wherein by pressing the protrusion, the staple cartridge drives the top end of the engaging member to displace downwards in the up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section, so that the engaging member is disengaged from the notch.

3. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 2, wherein the engaging member is a leaf spring with a bottom end being away from the first half-section and welded to an inner wall of the second half-section, and a top end being towards the first half-section and fixedly connected to the floating block.

4. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 2, wherein the engaging member is connected to a center of a bottom surface of the second half-section that is away from the first half-section, and the notch is correspondingly arranged at a center of a bottom surface of the staple pushing bar that is away from the first half-section.

5. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 1, wherein a protrusion to be pressed by the staple anvil is provided at an end of the floating block towards the staple anvil, and wherein by pressing the protrusion, the staple anvil drives the top end of the engaging member to displace downwards in the up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section, so that the engaging member is disengaged from the notch.

6. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 5, wherein the engaging member is a leaf spring with a bottom end being away from the first half-section and welded to an inner wall of the second half-section, and a top end being towards the first half-section and fixedly connected to the floating block.

7. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 5, wherein the engaging member is connected to a center of a bottom surface of the second half-section that is away from the first half-section, and the notch is correspondingly arranged at a center of a bottom surface of the staple pushing bar that is away from the first half-section.

8. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 1, wherein the engaging member is a leaf spring with a bottom end being away from the first half-section and welded to an inner wall of the second half-section and a top end being towards the first half-section and fixedly connected to the floating block.

9. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 1, wherein the engaging member is an engaging block at a bottom portion of the floating block that is away from the first half-section, a top end of the engaging block that is towards the first half-section is engaged with the notch, and a bottom end of the engaging block that is away from the first half-section is connected to a bottom surface of the second half-section that is away from the first half-section by a spring, and wherein when the floating block abuts against the staple cartridge or the staple anvil to drive the engaging member to displace downwards in the up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section, a bottom portion of the engaging member that is away from the first half-section is disengaged from the notch.

10. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 9, wherein the engaging block and the floating block are manufactured integrally.

11. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 1, wherein the engaging member is connected to a center of a bottom surface of the second half-section that is away from the first half-section, and the notch is correspondingly arranged at a center of a bottom surface of the staple pushing bar that is away from the first half-section.

12. The linear cutting stapler according to claim 1, wherein the floating block comprises a first side having a first protrusion and a second side opposite the first side with respect to a width direction, the second side of the floating block has a second protrusion, and the second half-section comprises a first inner sidewall having a first groove and a second inner sidewall opposite the first inner sidewall with respect to the width direction, the second inner sidewall has a second groove, wherein the width direction is oriented perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section, and the width direction is also perpendicular to the up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section, and the first protrusion is fittingly movable within the first groove and the second protrusion is fittingly movable within the second groove in the up-down direction perpendicular to the length direction of the second half-section.