Method of manufacturing jaw members for surgical stapling instrument
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsVenkata Ramana Mohan Pinjala, Rajasekhar Nukala
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Abstract
A jaw member for use on a surgical stapling instrument includes a cartridge assembly and a cartridge housing each having an arcuate configuration. The cartridge assembly includes a surface configured to engage tissue and a plurality of rows of fastener retaining slots extending along a length of the cartridge assembly. The cartridge housing defines a channel configured for receipt of the cartridge assembly. The cartridge housing includes a base portion and a plurality of tabs. The base portion has a concave inner edge and a convex outer edge. The tabs extend from the concave inner edge and the convex outer edge. The tabs are spaced from one another along a length of the cartridge housing.
Claims3
A method of manufacturing a jaw member of a surgical stapling instrument, the method comprising:
- providing a piece of sheet metal having an elongated configuration;
- forming a plurality of notches in the piece of sheet metal;
- forming at least one hole through the piece of sheet metal;
- deforming the piece of sheet metal into an arcuate shape;
- deforming the piece of sheet metal to form a base portion, a first wall, and a second wall, the first and second walls having the plurality of notches formed therein and extending from the base portion, wherein the base portion, the first wall, and the second wall together define a channel along a length of the piece of sheet metal;
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- inserting a cartridge assembly into the channel of the piece of sheet metal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.