Patent ID: 11918222
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 16:
17. A surgical stapling system, comprising:
a cartridge jaw, comprising:
a channel comprising a base;
a longitudinal cartridge jaw slot defined in the channel, wherein the base extends under the longitudinal cartridge jaw slot; and
a longitudinal array of cartridge jaw windows defined in the base, wherein the longitudinal array of cartridge jaw windows comprises a proximal-most cartridge jaw window and a distal-most cartridge jaw window;

an anvil jaw, comprising:
a top portion;
a longitudinal anvil jaw slot; and
an anvil jaw window defined in the top portion; and

a firing member movable from a proximal position to a distal fully-fired position during a firing stroke, wherein the firing member is movable within the longitudinal cartridge jaw slot and the longitudinal anvil jaw slot during the firing stroke, and wherein the firing member comprises:
an anvil jaw-engaging portion, wherein the anvil jaw-engaging portion is viewable through the anvil jaw window when the firing member is in the proximal position; and
a cartridge jaw-engaging portion configured to engage the cartridge jaw, wherein the base extends under the cartridge jaw-engaging portion during at least a portion of the firing stroke, wherein the cartridge jaw-engaging portion is viewable through the proximal-most cartridge jaw window when the firing member is in the proximal position, wherein an edge of the proximal-most cartridge jaw window comprises an angled slope into the longitudinal cartridge jaw slot, and wherein the cartridge jaw-engaging portion is viewable through the distal-most cartridge jaw window when the firing member is in the distal fully-fired position.