Patent ID: 9572572
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical stapling device for joining tissue portions, comprising: a handle assembly; an elongate body extending from the handle assembly; a cartridge assembly supported on a distal end of the elongate body, the cartridge assembly including a staple cartridge containing a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array; an anvil assembly at a distal end of the surgical stapling device, the anvil assembly translatable relative to the cartridge assembly between a spaced position, where the anvil assembly is spaced from the cartridge assembly, and an approximated position, where the anvil assembly is in close cooperative alignment with the cartridge assembly for clamping tissue disposed therebetween; and a lockout sleeve slidably supported on the cartridge assembly and translatable relative to the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly between a first position and a second position, the lockout sleeve configured to engage the anvil assembly and the cartridge assembly when the lockout sleeve is in the second position to inhibit translation of the anvil assembly relative to the cartridge assembly from the spaced position to the approximated position.