Patent ID: 9681871
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method of locking out a surgical stapling device after firing, the method comprising: translating an anvil assembly of the surgical stapling device from a spaced position, in which the anvil assembly is spaced from a cartridge assembly of the surgical stapling device, to an approximated position, in which the anvil assembly is in close cooperative alignment with the cartridge assembly to clamp tissue therebetween; translating a staple pusher relative to the cartridge assembly to urge a plurality of fasteners disposed in the cartridge assembly through the tissue towards the anvil assembly; translating a lockout sleeve of the surgical stapling device relative to the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly from a first position to a second position, a first portion of the lockout sleeve being disposed adjacent a shaft of the anvil assembly and a second portion of the lockout sleeve being engaged with the cartridge assembly when in the second position to inhibit translation of the lockout sleeve from the second position to the first position; and translating the anvil assembly from the approximated position to the spaced position, the first portion of the lockout sleeve engaging the anvil assembly to inhibit translation of the anvil assembly from the spaced position to the approximated position.