Patent ID: 11877744
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical stapler comprising:
a loading unit including:
a staple cartridge having a cartridge distance and a plurality of staples; and
an anvil to form the plurality of staples upon firing;

a shaft assembly coupled to the load unit, the shaft assembly including a drive shaft longitudinally movable within the shaft assembly and configured to actuate the loading unit; and
a handle assembly including:
a power source;
a motor coupled to the power source and configured to move the drive shaft longitudinally; and
a distance setting interface including:
a plurality of switches each of which corresponds to a travel distance that the motor moves the drive shaft, the travel distance corresponding to the cartridge distance; and
a slide toggle configured to move within a slit defined in a housing of the handle assembly.