SURGICAL STAPLING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A LOCKOUT AND AN EXTERIOR ACCESS ORIFICE TO PERMIT ARTIFICIAL UNLOCKING OF THE LOCKOUT

A surgical stapling assembly is disclosed. The surgical stapling assembly comprises a firing member, a first jaw, a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw, and a staple cartridge. The surgical stapling assembly further comprises a cartridge channel configured to receive the staple cartridge therein, a lockout configured to prevent the firing member from advancing distally from an unfired location when an unspent staple cartridge is not positioned within the cartridge channel, and an exterior access aperture defined in the cartridge channel, wherein the lockout is accessible through the exterior access aperture such that the lockout can be manually defeated to move the lockout into a into an unlocked configuration. 本发明公开了一种外科缝合组件。该外科缝合组件包括击发构件、第一钳口、能够相对于第一钳口运动的第二钳口、以及钉仓。该外科缝合组件还包括被构造成能够在该外科缝合组件中接收钉仓的仓通道、被构造成能够在未用尽钉仓未定位在仓通道内时防止击发构件从未击发位置朝远侧推进的闭锁件、以及限定在仓通道中的外部进入孔，其中闭锁件能够穿过该外部进入孔进入，使得能够手动地使该闭锁件失效以使闭锁件运动到解锁构型中。