US 11,937,813 B2
Apparatus for endoscopic procedures
John W. Beardsley, Wallingford, CT (US); and David M. Farascioni, Ridgefield, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/552,414.
Application 17/552,414 is a division of application No. 16/158,427, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,207,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/578,673, filed on Oct. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104817 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/072 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/07207 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00473 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07278 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2901 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2923 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2926 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A surgical stapling instrument, comprising:
a reload including a staple cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly;
an adapter assembly having an elongate shaft, an articulating distal end, and a mounting member disposed at the articulating distal end and pivotably attached to the elongate shaft to move the reload between an unarticulated position and an articulated position; and
a drive mechanism in the adapter assembly and including a bar extending through the mounting member, the bar supported by a pair of bar guides, blowout plates, and a support block defining an opening, wherein the bar and the blowout plates are disposed in the opening of the support block, and wherein when the reload is articulated, the pair of bar guides and the mounting member pivot, relative to the elongate shaft, in opposite directions relative to one another.