Patent ID: 8931681
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61B,F04C

Abstract:
1. A cartridge assembly for use with a surgical instrument, comprising: a cartridge housing having a plurality of flexible fingers; and a cartridge configured to be received at least partially within the cartridge housing, the cartridge including a tissue-contacting surface and a plurality of fasteners, the cartridge defining a plurality of pockets extending through the tissue-contacting surface, each one of the plurality of pockets configured to receive one of the plurality of fasteners, the cartridge having a plurality of chambers, each one of the plurality of chambers configured to receive at least one of the plurality of fasteners therein, each one of the plurality of chambers in communication with the respective one of the plurality of pockets, wherein each one of the plurality of flexible fingers urges the at least one of the plurality fasteners in the respective one of the plurality of chambers toward the respective one of the plurality of pockets.