Locking device for an apparatus for applying surgical fasteners

Details Locking device for an apparatus for applying surgical fasteners Locking device for an apparatus for applying surgical fasteners

1994-12-09

1995-10-31

Smith, Scott A.

Elongated-member-driving apparatus

Surgical stapler

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227 8, 227 19, A61B 17068

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054622158

ABSTRACT:
A locking device for a surgical stapling or fastening instrument for applying surgical fasteners to tissue. The locking device is positioned on the jaw mechanism of the fastening instrument and engages a cartridge when the cartridge includes fasteners, and pivots through the cartridge after the fasteners have been fired to prevent the cartridge carrying jaw from being approximated into a firing position when the cartridge is empty.

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