US 11,701,108 B2
Sled detection device
Kenneth Cappola, Monroe, CT (US); Stanislaw Marczyk, Stratford, CT (US); Russell Pribanic, Roxbury, CT (US); Justin Williams, Southbury, CT (US); and John W. Beardsley, Wallingford, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,144.
Application 17/745,144 is a continuation of application No. 16/837,586, filed on Apr. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,331,098, issued on May 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273295 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/068 (2006.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/0686 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2090/038 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical stapling device comprising:
a body portion supporting a drive assembly including a knife bar;
a tool assembly supported on the body portion and including an anvil and a cartridge assembly coupled to the anvil such that the tool assembly is movable between an open position and a clamped position, the cartridge assembly including a channel and a staple cartridge positioned within the channel, the channel including a wall defining a longitudinal slot that facilitates passage of the knife bar, the staple cartridge including staples and configured to receive an actuation sled, the knife bar movable through the tool assembly from a retracted position to an advanced position;
a shipping wedge releasably coupled to the stapling device, the shipping wedge including a body portion, a retaining member, and a detection member, the retaining member extending through the longitudinal slot in the channel of the cartridge assembly to secure the shipping wedge to the stapling device, the retaining member movable within the longitudinal slot of the channel from a locked position in which the retaining member is locked within the longitudinal slot to an unlocked position in which the retaining member is removable from the longitudinal slot, the detection member supported on the body portion for movement between first and second positions, the detection member extending into the tool assembly into engagement with the actuation sled when the actuation sled is present in the staple cartridge to move the detection member from the second position to the first position, wherein in the second position, the detection member is positioned to prevent movement of the retaining member from the locked position to the unlocked position.