Patent ID: 11896231
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of manufacturing a surgical stapling instrument including (i) a body member including a collar having at least one latching feature, the body member being configured to slidably house a staple driver member, and (ii) a shaft assembly having a sheath portion and at least one protrusion extending radially outwardly from the sheath portion, the at least one protrusion including at least one abutment surface, the method comprising:
(a) slidably positioning the sheath portion within the collar;
(b) advancing a proximal portion of the collar proximally over the at least one protrusion, wherein the act of advancing includes transitioning the collar from a radially unexpanded state to a radially expanded state; and
(c) after the act of advancing, transitioning the collar from the radially expanded state toward the radially unexpanded state to engage the at least one latching feature with the at least one abutment surface for coupling the body member to the shaft assembly.