Inserts, splines, and methods for reducing and/or eliminating spline crash in surgical instruments
Joseph M. Guerrera, Watertown, CT (US); Charles R. Kollar, Washington, DC (US); Anthony Sgroi, Jr., Wallingford, CT (US); Justin Williams, Southbury, CT (US); Steven H. Joyce, Durham, CT (US); Christopher P. Penna, Guilford, CT (US); and Joseph Eisinger, Northford, CT (US)
Assigned to COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/451,284.
Application 18/451,284 is a continuation of application No. 17/293,117, granted, now 11,730,482, issued on Aug. 22, 2023, previously published as PCT/US2019/063930, filed on Dec. 2, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,727, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,736, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,759, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,741, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,718, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/779,780, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389927 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
1. An insert for a surgical stapler, the insert comprising:
a body configured to fit within a bore of a shell assembly, the body defining a proximal-most edge; and
a spline cover located at the proximal-most edge of the body and extending inward from the body, the spline cover sized and dimensioned to cap a distal portion of a spline of the shell assembly.
