Surgical fastener applying apparatus

US8091754B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tyco Healthcare Group LP · US

Inventors

• Karl H. Ehrenfels · Cheshire, US
• David Ivanko · San Diego, US
• Randolph F. Lehn · Stratford, US
• Roberto Pedros · Seymour, US
• Csaba L. Rethy · Fairfield, US
• Frank J. Viola · Sandy Hook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 22, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section.