FIRING LOCKOUT FOR LINEAR SURGICAL STAPLER

Abstract: an apparatus includes first and second stapler halves that selectively couple together and separate from one another, and a clamp member actuatable to approximate the stapler halves to clamp tissue. a firing assembly is actuatable through a firing stroke to fire the stapling assembly on clamped tissue. the firing assembly includes a firing actuator movable between a retracted position and a deployed position in which the firing actuator is configured to actuate the firing assembly through the firing stroke, and a firing lockout member movable between an engaged position in which the firing lockout member inhibits advancement of the firing assembly through the firing stroke, and a disengaged position in which the firing lockout member permits advancement of the firing assembly through the firing stroke. the firing lockout member is configured to assume the disengaged position only when the firing actuator is in the deployed position.

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A61B17/07207: {the staples being applied sequentially}

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