Patent ID: 11864747
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method of deploying the anvil assembly of claim 14 into a patient, wherein said method comprises:
installing a trocar through an abdominal wall of the patient, wherein the trocar comprises a trocar cannula configured to form a passage through the abdominal wall;
inserting the collapsible anvil support member into the patient with the collapsible support structure oriented in the collapsed configuration;
reconfiguring the collapsible support structure into the expanded configuration;
configuring the anvil plate assembly into the end-to-end orientation;
inserting the anvil plate assembly in the end-to-end orientation through the trocar cannula into the patient adjacent to the collapsible support structure;
reconfiguring the anvil plate assembly into the interlocked orientation;
coupling the anvil plate assembly in the interlocked orientation to the collapsible support structure;
coupling the anvil shaft to the circular surgical stapler;
positioning the anvil plate assembly in a desired position relative to a staple cartridge of the circular surgical stapler; and
actuating the circular surgical stapler.