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US 2014/0209659 A1Published application
Shipping wedge with lockout
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorStanislaw Kostrzewski
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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.
Claims14
(canceled)
A tool assembly for use with a surgical instrument comprising:
- a loading unit engageable with the surgical instrument, the loading unit including:
- a body portion;
- a movable operative device disposed in the body portion;
- and
- a lockout mechanism including a locking plate movably mounted to the body portion;
- and
- a shipping wedge including:
- a blocking member configured to engage the movable operative device of the loading unit to inhibit movement of the movable operative device;
- and
- a lockout member engageable with the locking plate, wherein the shipping wedge is selectively detachable from the loading unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.