Stapling device with grasping jaw mechanism
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Sep 20, 2016
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Dec 18, 2014
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Jun 12, 2013
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Jun 12, 2013
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A surgical device includes a handle assembly, an elongated member, and a tool assembly. The handle assembly includes a mode selection mechanism configured to alternate the surgical device between a grasping mode of operation and a clamping mode of operation. The tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly having a plurality of staples and an anvil assembly. The tool assembly is configured to grasp and release tissue in the grasping mode of operation and configured to clamp and staple tissue in the clamping mode of operation. The mode selection mechanism includes a switch and a pawl. When a moveable handle of the handle assembly is compressed with the switch held in a depressed position, the device is in the grasping mode of operation. When the moveable handle is compressed with the switch in a neutral position, the device is in the clamping mode of operation.
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