US 11,730,475 B2
Surgical stapler having a powered handle
Kevin Hudson, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Andy Pham, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Jonathan R. Nash, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Zachary W. Gyugyi, Irvine, CA (US); Travis Bautista, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Jonathan Von Stein, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Ata Kiraz, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); and Eric J. Weiss, San Clemente, CA (US)
Assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed by Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,748.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/107,336, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133318 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical stapling system comprising:
a handle body, the handle body comprising a stationary handle and a trigger pivotably coupled to the handle body;
an electric motor disposed within the handle body;
an actuation shaft slidable within the handle body along a longitudinal axis;
a coupler configured to removably couple to a reload shaft assembly; and
a shaft recognition mechanism comprising a lockout sleeve longitudinally movable to a detection position upon insertion of a reload shaft to the coupler and longitudinally movable to a predetermined recognition position when the reload shaft assembly is coupled to the coupler; and
wherein the lockout sleeve has a proximal end and a distal end, and the lockout sleeve comprises at least one tooth protruding distally from the distal end.