US 12,064,110 B2
Stapler cartridge assemblies and related devices, systems, and methods
Austin de MaillÉ, Manhattan, MT (US); Jorge Alberto Treviño Blanco, Santa Clara, CA (US); Robert Hubler, San Jose, CA (US); Babak D. Jasemian, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); and Atal Patel, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/434,049
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/019785
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/176557, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,894, filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/845,932, filed on May 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,290, filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142642 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/072 (2013.01) [A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stapler reload assembly comprising:
a cartridge body defining a housing to receive staples, wherein the cartridge body comprises:
a first side comprising a plurality of staple apertures configured to eject staples housed in the cartridge body, and
a second side, opposite the first side, comprising a plurality of pusher apertures through which staple pushers of the cartridge body are accessible;
a staple retainer removably coupled to the first side of the cartridge body and at least partially covering the plurality of staple apertures; and
a cover removably coupled to the second side of the cartridge body and at least partially covering the plurality of pusher apertures;
wherein in a coupled state of the cover and the staple retainer to the cartridge body, removal of the staple retainer from the cartridge body is prevented prior to removal of the cover from the cartridge body.