Patent ID: 8409222

Claim:
An apparatus for application of surgical fasteners to body tissue, the apparatus comprising: a) a handle portion; b) a body extending distally from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis; c) a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed within the body; d) a jaw assembly mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the body, the jaw assembly including first and second jaw portions movable between a spaced-apart and an approximated position; e) a drive member configured to individually distally advance a surgical fastener to the jaw assembly while the jaw portions are in the spaced apart position; f) an actuation mechanism at least partially disposed within the body and longitudinally movable in response to actuation of the handle portion, the actuation mechanism including a first angled surface; g) a counting device supported in the handle portion, wherein the counting device is configured to display at least one of a number of remaining occurrences of an event and the number of occurrences of an event; and h) a lockout mechanism connected to the drive member, the lockout mechanism including a second angled surface configured and dimensioned to cooperatively engage the first angled surface of the actuation mechanism, wherein re-actuation of the apparatus is prevented, and the apparatus is locked upon engagement of the first angled surface and the second angled surface subsequent to the application of a final surgical fastener.