Reload shaft assembly for surgical stapler

US11684366B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Applied Medical Resources Corporation · US

Inventors

• Babak D. Jasemian · Trabuco Canyon, US
• Steven E. Decker · Anaheim, US
• Atal C. Patel · Mission Viejo, US
• Erik Nelson · Santa Clara, US
• Andrew J. McCarthy · Trabuco Canyon, US
• Scott Zimmerman · Paddy Lane, US
• Timothy M. Hopkins · Rancho Santa Margarita, US
• Joshua M. Schober · Temecula, US
• Eric J. Weiss · Rancho Santa Margarita, US
• Matthew M. Becerra · Lake Forest, US
• Christina N. Reed · Trabuco Canyon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0814
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical stapling system can include a reload shaft. The shaft can include an elongate tubular member with have a jaw assembly at the distal end thereof and a coupling collar at the proximal end thereof. The shaft assembly also includes an articulation joint coupling the jaw assembly to the distal end. A drive member and an articulation member extend within the tubular body of the shaft from the proximal end to the distal end. A firing member is connected to the distal end of the drive member such that advancement of the drive beam advances the firing member to close the jaw assemblies and fire staples from a reload positioned in the jaw assembly. The shaft assembly can also include a lockout mechanism to prevent a firing operation on a previously-fired reload or no reload.