Surgical stapler with improved safety mechanism

Details Surgical stapler with improved safety mechanism Surgical stapler with improved safety mechanism

1995-05-24

1997-10-21

Hail, III, Joseph J.

Elongated-member-driving apparatus

Surgical stapler

With lockout

227 19, A61B 17072

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056787480

ABSTRACT:
A surgical stapler for use by a surgeon to place one or more rows of surgical staples in organs or tissue. The stapler is of a character having a supporting frame, a replaceable staple cartridge, an anvil, a mechanism for approximating the cartridge relative to the anvil, and a mechanism for firing the device so as to crimp the staples against the anvil. The device, while at all times permitting approximation of the cartridge relative to the anvil, provides a novel safety mechanism that clearly indicates to the surgeon that the staples have been fired from the staple cartridge and simultaneously disables the device until it is manually reset.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5071052 (1991-12-01), Rodak et al.
patent: 5413267 (1995-05-01), Solyntjes et al.
patent: 5445304 (1995-08-01), Plyley et al.
patent: 5465894 (1995-11-01), Clark et al.

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