US 2016/0256167 A1 · IN-SITU LOADED STAPLER

Abstract

In one aspect of the present disclosure a surgical stapling apparatus is disclosed including a cartridge assembly. The cartridge assembly includes at least one cartridge having a first half and a second half, a first row of retention slots disposed in the first half, a second row of retention slots disposed in the second half, a third row of retention slots being alternately disposed in the first half and the second half of the at least one cartridge between the first and second rows of staple receiving slots, a plurality of fasteners disposed in the retention slots of the first, second and third rows, and a plurality of pushers disposed in each of the first and second halves of the cartridge.

Claims18

Dependent claims

(canceled)

A method of assembling an end effector, comprising:

forming a first staple cartridge by coupling a first cartridge portion to a second cartridge portion, the first staple cartridge includes a first row of retention slots disposed in the first cartridge portion, a second row of retention slots disposed in the second cartridge portion, and a third row of retention slots being alternately disposed in the first cartridge portion and the second cartridge portion, the third row of retention slots disposed between the first and second rows of retention slots;
forming a second staple cartridge by coupling a third cartridge portion to a fourth cartridge portion, the second staple cartridge includes a fourth row of retention slots disposed in the third cartridge portion, a fifth row of retention slots disposed in the fourth cartridge portion, and a sixth row of retention slots being alternately disposed in the third cartridge portion and the fourth cartridge portion, the sixth row of retention slots disposed between the fourth and fifth rows of retention slots;
and
coupling the first staple cartridge and the second staple cartridge such that the first and second staple cartridges are configured for insertion into an elongated support channel.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/156,761Filed 17 May 2016

Priority

16 Oct 2012

Published

8 Sep 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A61B 17/105
For applying or removing wound clamps , e.g. containing only one clamp or staple ; Wound clamp magazines: wound clamp magazines
A61B 17/068
Surgical instruments, devices or methods: surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps
A61B 17/072
Surgical staplers , e.g. containing multiple staples or clamps: for applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied…
A61B 17/07207
For applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously: the staples being applied sequentially

In-situ loaded stapler

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In-situ loaded stapler

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Abstract

Claims18