US 12,349,907 B2
Stapler reloads with cable-driven drive beams
Shouwei Li, Shanghai (CN); and Li Xiang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Appl. No. 18/558,794
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
PCT Filed May 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/093335
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/236733, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0225646 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reload for a surgical stapling apparatus, the reload comprising:
a shaft assembly; and
an end effector secured to the shaft assembly and including:
an anvil assembly;
a cartridge assembly; and
a firing assembly including a drive beam and a carriage, the drive beam and the carriage coupled together by a firing cable and a retraction cable that move the drive beam through the end effector as the carriage moves through the shaft assembly, wherein the drive beam includes a vertical wall that defines a cable conduit therethrough the cable conduit configured to enable portions of the firing cable to slide therethrough as the carriage moves relative to the shaft assembly.