Patent ID: 11925350
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. The method of claim 10, wherein said initially inserting a surgical staple cartridge into a partially seated position within the surgical stapling device to bring a first authentication key protruding from the surgical staple cartridge into initial actuation contact with the lockout in the surgical stapling device comprises initially inserting the surgical staple cartridge into the partially seated position to bring the first authentication key into initial actuation contact with the lockout at a first elevation, and wherein said fully seating the surgical staple cartridge in the surgical stapling device to bring a second authentication key protruding from the surgical stapling cartridge into other actuation contact with the lockout in the surgical stapling device comprises fully seating the surgical staple cartridge to bring the second authentication key into other actuation contact with the lockout at a second elevation that differs from the first elevation.